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Southern Baptist Convention
Research Ready: March 2019
Archives, authors, Baptist missions, Baptist universities and colleges, Baptist women, Books, China, Cookbooks, diaries, female poets, Indonesia, letters, McLennan County, Mexico, missionaries, missions, newspapers, paper, Photographs, Research Ready, San Antonio, scrapbooks, Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Convention, Texas Baptists, Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, Texas poet laureate, Theology study and teaching
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!Continue Reading
Research Ready: July 2015
Each month, we post a processing update to notify our readers about the latest collections that have finding aids online and are primed for research. Here are July’s finding aids:
- James and Peggy Bartley papers, 1951-1995 (#3952): Contains photographs and correspondence from and to Peggy and James Bartley, Southern Baptist missionaries in Uruguay, as well as an autobiography of James Bartley.
- Samuel Palmer Brooks papers, 1880-1937 (#91): Materials include correspondence, literary productions, collected publications, photographs, clippings, and other materials related to Brooks’ personal life and his role as Baylor University president from 1902-1931.
- Virginia and Paul Smith Missions papers, 1955-2010 (#3953): This collection describes the pastoral, educational, and humanitarian activities of two Southern Baptist missionaries that lived in the United States, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Morocco, and Lebanon. Materials include correspondence, photographs, and twenty years of Jordan Baptist Mission Board of Directors minutes.
Research Ready: September 2013
Baptist history, Baptist missions, Baptist universities and colleges, Baptist women, Baylor University, Calliopean Literary Society, Carl Lovelace, Catherine Alexander, Lily McIlroy Russell, missionaries, missions, Research Ready, Southern Baptist Convention, student life, Texas Baptists, United States history, Waco
Each month, we post a processing update to notify our readers about the latest collections that have finding aids online and are primed for research. Here’s the scoop for September:
- Catherine Alexander papers, 1871-1962, undated: Alexander was a widowed Southern Baptist missionary who became a benefactor to Baylor University. Her papers provide insight into the network of conservative Protestant missionaries sent out from the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
- BU Records: Calliopean Literary Society, 1885-1901, undated: Correspondence and literary manuscripts of the first female literary society at Baylor, founded at the Independence campus.
- BU Records: Dean of Women (Lily Russell), 1922-1969, undated: Records created and collected by Russell regarding her work as Assistant Dean of Women and Dean of Women at Baylor University and with various Baptist women’s organizations.
- Carl Lovelace papers, 1865-1969, undated: Correspondence, literary productions, photographic materials, and other documents relating to Dr. Lovelace’s life as a Rough Rider, doctor, and Baylor alumnus.