This document provides an overview of Baylor University's digital collections including Waco-related collections. It discusses the Baylor University Lariat newspaper from 1900-present, oral histories from the BU Institute for Oral History mentioning Waco, Waco city directories from 1878-1923, photographs of Waco from the Texas Collection, and other materials from the Texas Collection related to Waco. It also outlines upcoming digitized collections and provides contact information.
2. Agenda
Overview of Baylor’s Digital Collections
Major Waco-related collections
Tips for searching and using our materials
Follow-up questions
Contact information
3. The Baylor University Libraries
Digital Collections
Drawn from Baylor’s
special collections and
institutes
Digitized and displayed
Curation of materials
36,805 unique items;
8,000 known copyright- http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu
free
Freely accessible*
4. Waco-Related
Collections
The Baylor University Lariat
The Baylor University Institute for Oral History collection
The Waco City Directories
Photos from the Texas Collection
Selections from the Texas Collection
5. The Baylor University Lariat
Baylor’s on-campus newspaper since 1900
Full run digitized, OCR’d, searchable
First issue: November 8, 1900
10,001 issues online as of August 24, 2012
Full run online by Homecoming 2012
7. The BU Institute for
Oral History
1,123 items total
985 with the word “Waco” in the text
463 items with “Waco” in the summary
Keyword searchable transcripts, rich metadata
Audio and video files to come
9. Waco City Directories
Directories from 1878-1923 online
Also called “Morrison & Fourmy” directories
Keyword searchable, often more useful to browse
Names, addresses, occupations, ethnicity
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10. Waco
Directories
Morrison & Fourmy “Directory of
the City of Waco”
1904-1905
11. Photos from the
Texas Collection
1188 images with “Waco” in geographical location
field
Baylor, Waco, regional
Aerial photos, buildings, panoramics and more
Your help - “crowdsourcing”
12. Photos from
Texas Coll.
Aerial view of Carroll Library
(home of the Texas Collection)
Ca. 1917
13. Selections from the
Texas Collection
“A Directory of Ex-Students …” of Baylor (1920)
Waco, published by Young Men’s Business League
(1912)
“A Digest of the Ordinances of the City of Waco …”
(1876)
14. Selections from
Texas
Collection
Excerpt from “A Directory of Ex-
Students … of Baylor
University”, 1920
15. Some Upcoming
Collections
Baylor RoundUp BU News Release
Project
Campus yearbook
All university-issued
1896, 1903-present press releases, 1920s-
present
Keyword searchable
Keyword searchable
Available on-campus
now In process
16. Your Questions
Particular collection?
Topic?
More information on something we covered tonight?
17. Contact Info
Eric_Ames@baylor.edu
http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu
www.facebook.com/baylordigitalc
ollections
http://blogs.baylor.edu/digitalcolle
ctions
The Digital Collections blog