Expanding Your Search in BARD
We’ve got a few more BARD pointers for you in this blog post: tips on browsing larger collections, using BARD’s advanced search, and opening attachments to collections. We hope you enjoy exploring our finding aids!
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Connecting Resources in BARD
Have you used BARD yet? We’ve got some more tips in this blog post to help you make the most of our archival repository database, from using subject terms to printing search results.
Introducing BARD: Discover Yesterday's Stories (and Our New Database)
The Texas Collection is happy to open our newest discovery tool, the Baylor Archival Repositories Database (BARD), to our researchers. Learn how you can use BARD to discover the wealth of archival materials at The Texas Collection!
Shakespeare’s First Folio in a Global Context: Rare Books from the Age of Exploration in The Texas Collection.
This post was written by Prof. Alex McNair of Baylor University’s Division of Spanish and Portuguese in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures. An abbreviated version of this essay was presented at the Shakespeare First Folio faculty research showcase sponsored by Baylor Libraries on November 3, 2023. In 2023 we commemorated the 400th anniversary…
Research Ready: January-February 2023
The Texas Collection posts newly accessible resources each month. If you have any questions or would like to use these materials, please let us know and we would be happy to assist! Manuscript Collections Acree Family papers #2986 The Acree Family papers contains notes, correspondence, and photographs related to the family’s genealogical research into the…
56th Evacuation Hospital: Lawrence Dudgeon Collins
This blog post was written by Graduate Student Assistant B.J. Thome. He is a Ph.D. candidate in English Literature in his second year at The Texas Collection. This post is the first in a series about the 56th Evacuation Hospital, an Army medical unit with close ties to the Baylor University College of Medicine, which…
The Ellington Field Photographic Collection
by Benna Vaughan, Manuscripts Archivist The Ellington Field Photographic collection is one of two new photographic collections obtained by The Texas Collection that focus on World War I. Though currently divided and used for both civil and military purposes, Ellington Field bears a long history of being at the front lines of training for United…
Armstrong’s Stars: Robert Frost
As the 1923 Round Up put it, “A heavy Frost from New England…in the form of Robert, the Poet” visited Baylor twice at A.J. Armstrong’s (and Carl Sandburg’s) urging. Read more about Robert Frost at Baylor in this final installment of Armstrong’s Stars.
Exploring the Waco Jewish Community with the Texas Jewish Historical Society
The Texas Jewish Historical Society visited The Texas Collection recently. Learn more about their visit!
Texas in the Teens through E.C. Blomeyer’s Lens
E.C. Blomeyer was probably just taking photos for his own enjoyment, but years later, they give us unique views into Central Texas about one hundred years ago. Join us in a new series as we take a look at “Texas in the Teens” through the lens of a gifted amateur photographer.