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.

1. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu

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

6. Baylor Lariat
Cover of first page, Vol. I, Issue 1

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

8. BU Oral History
Memoirs of Paul Quinn College
1994

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
 Advertisements

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