Research Ready: February 2018

Each month, we post an update to notify our readers about the latest archival collections to be processed and some highlights of our print material acquisitions. These resources are primed for research and are just a sampling of the many resources to be found at The Texas Collection!

February’s finding aids
By Paul Fisher, Processing Archivist

• BU Records: NoZe Brotherhood, 1929-2017, (#BU/384): Original copies of The Rope newspaper, clippings, and administrative documents produced by and written about the NoZe Brotherhood, an unofficial, satirical, and secret society at Baylor University. You can also read the blog post we wrote recently about the NoZe records here at The Texas Collection.
• BU Records: Department of Library Science, 1957-1978, undated (#BU/150): Includes administrative files, correspondence, and literary productions related to the teaching of Library Science courses at Baylor as well as the library profession.

February’s print materials
By Amie Oliver, Librarian and Curator of Print Materials

Mayfield, Eugene O. Fairy Tales of the Western Range, and Other Tales. Lincoln: J. North & Co. Printers, [1902]. Print. 

Written as a volume of “clean fiction” for children, Fairy Tales of the Western Range, and Other Tales is a compilation of stories set in the West and features cowboys, Native Americans, cattle, and horses. 

View this in Bearcat here.

Jones, John Oliver. A Cowman’s Memoirs. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1953. Print. 

Author J. O. Jones, who wrote his memoirs primarily for his family, recounts his life as a Texas rancher and pioneer and describes everything from religion to cattle drives to his work with the WPA. 

View this in Bearcat here.