The Texas Collection

We are excited to officially announce the acquisition of three-term Waco city councilman Josh Borderud’s archives! The materials – including correspondence, social media posts, and official paper documents – help illustrate his almost six years in office, starting in November of 2020 and concluding at the start of this month. Borderud's archives are among a growing list of local collections, including those of former Waco Mayor Mike Morrison and McLennan County Commissioner Lester Gibson.

Participating in the signing ceremony were Borderud; his wife, Jennifer; and Jeff Pirtle, Director of the Texas Collection, where the archives will live in the Baylor Collections of Political Materials after they have been organized and processed. They will be made available for research at a later date, but until then, join us in congratulating Josh Borderud on an impactful term of service to Waco and Central Texas!

Spring '26 finals are off and running, and nothing shows how much "the more things change, the more they stay the same" like this photo of students studying in Carroll Library!

This photograph taken on May 13, 1968, shows Baylor students studying inside of Carroll Library, Baylor University. The image was taken by Baylor University Photography.

Physical Collection: BU Records: Marketing and Communications: Baylor Photography, Accession .382, Box: Black_E_1202, 35mm film negative, The Texas Collection, Baylor University

Digital ID: tx-phoarch-neg_bu382_002818

This photograph from 1946 shows the former Baylor University Journalism Building on Speight Street, across from the F.L. Carroll Chapel and Library.

ID:
Baylor-Buildings-Journalism-Building

Source:
TC #4031 - General Film Collection, Digital ID: tx-phoarch-neg_4031_003916, The Texas Collection, Baylor University

This photograph from 1988 shows Baylor University students at the Hankamer School of Business using IBM Personal Computers.

Physical Collection: BU Records: Marketing and Communications: Baylor Photography, Accession .382, Box: E_165, Slides

Digital ID:tx-phoarch-sld_bu382_002861