This blog post was written by Amanda Fisher, Processing Archivist. At the W. R. Poage Legislative Library, we are proud of the fact that we have continuous documentation of Congressional representation of Waco and the surrounding areas from 1937-2011. Once in the 11th Congressional District of Texas, and now the 17th District after redistricting in…
This blog post was written by Graduate Assistant Emma Whipkey, master’s student in Museum Studies. The Baylor University Collections of Political Material contains the papers of Bob L. Thomas, who served as Justice of the Tenth Court of Appeals in Waco. Bob L. Thomas was born on February 27, 1937 in Hill County, Texas and…
Want to plan a lesson for your students using primary source materials, but can never find the time to make it happen? Well, here is your golden opportunity! This summer the W. R. Poage Legislative Library is offering two teaching fellowships of $1,000 (after taxes) to one Baylor faculty and one graduate teaching assistant to…
This blog post was written by Graduate Assistant Mikah Sauskojus, master’s student in History. When looking at the papers of a state politician, it is evident which legislative issues are close to their hearts. These issues produce larger piles of paper than their counterparts, even if they remain a minority in the midst of the…
This blog post was written by Jonathan Tomes, Graduate Research Center Operations Manager. Former Congressman Chet Edwards was named the W. R. Poage Distinguished Chair of Public Service in January 2012. Over the last six years, Chet has lectured to fifty-four classes, met one-on-one with many undergraduate students and graduate students, presented the keynote address…
“I hope we never complete this library, but make it a living institution with continuous additions.” – Congressman W. R. “Bob” Poage, library dedication speech, September 21, 1979
Hello! If you are reading this, it means 2018 has arrived. The staff at the W. R. Poage Legislative Library is back and ready to greet a new semester. The first week back is about planning and forecasting another chapter in the Poage story. Below you’ll find just a few of the projects and events…
This blog was written by Debbie Davendonis-Todd, director of the Poage Library and the Bob Bullock Archivist. The Association of Centers for the Study of Congress (ACSC) was founded in 2003 as an independent alliance of organizations and institutions that promote the study of the U.S. Congress. The W. R. Poage Legislative Library is a…
Written by Sylvia Hernandez, MLIS Today we celebrate the nomination of Sam B. Hall Jr. as United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas. On April 17, 1985, President Ronald Reagan selected Sam Hall to fill the vacancy that would return him home to his beloved Marshall, Texas. This honor, among others, studded…
The United States government officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, but did you know the celebration actually has its roots much earlier? In 1926 historian Carter G. Woodson, co-founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), declared the second week of February to be “Negro History Week.” Woodson…