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A Christmas Gift To Our Readers: The George W. Truett Megamix 1941!
A festive George W. Truett. Adapted from an original photo held by The Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, TX. As our gift to you, our loyal readers, we created this mashup of some of the...
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Which Digital Collection Are You? (With Apologies to Buzzfeed et al.)
If you’ve spent more than 10 seconds on the Internet lately, you’ve seen and/or taken some form of online poll. They’re very popular on sites like Buzzfeed, and they’re always titled something like,...
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Finding Grady Nutt: Panhandle Preacher, Baylor Bear and “Hee Haw’s” Prime...
Grady Nutt’s sophomore year photo, from the 1955 “Baylor Round Up” As new student orientation wrapped up its penultimate sessions this week, an incoming freshman’s father stopped by the Digital...
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45 Years Later, “Pride And Sacrifice” Film Finds New Home in Digital Archive
A film shot and distributed by Baylor University’s Public Relations arm in 1969 has found a new home in the Baylor University Archives digital collection, and watching it is like taking a time machine...
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Zombies at Baylor University, A Retrospective Via The “Lariat” Archives
With apologies to the fine folks at AMC. But doesn’t Allyson look pretty boss with a katana? (Click to enlarge, if you dare.) All of us in the DPG are big fans of AMC’s post-zombie-apocalypse series...
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Wrapping Up Another Great Year: 2014 In Review
Image from the December 14, 1911 edition of “The Baptist World” and a clue to the first blog post of 2015! Well, folks, we’ve come to the end of another year of pixels, projects and professional...
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An Open Letter to Whataburger: Advertising Deliciousness at Baylor Since 1954!
Dear Folks at Whataburger, Did you ever wonder what would happen if you advertised your delicious hamburgers consistently in a university’s publications since 1954? You’d get 186 occurrences of ads...
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The Freshmen (19)15: When Being Named “Fattest Boy” Was A Sign of Affection
Some people like to think that the proclivities of college students are a relatively recent occurrence. “They wear pajamas to class! They never look up from their cell phones! They give each other...
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A Campus Divided? The Historic Precedent for the “Bearlin Wall”
To the Baylor Campus Community, As President Abraham Lincoln said during the dark days prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Those words may...
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Caps, Gowns and College Towns: Collegiate Life in The Spencer Collection
It’s cap and gown season here on the campus of ol’ BU, and the class of 2015 has a lot to celebrate. Years of study, focus and passion come together in a 20-second walk across the stage to acquire...
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An Open Letter to Andrew Lincoln, a.k.a. “The Walking Dead’s” Sheriff Rick...
Dear Mr. Lincoln, That all of us at the Digital Projects Group are big fans of your work on America’s #1 Zombie Apocalypse Themed Television series is no surprise to anyone who reads this blog. Over...
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Jax and EBB Sitting ‘Neath A Tree / R-H-Y-M-I-N-G: On Sesame Street’s “Sons...
What do fictional Northern California biker gangs, a beloved television institution and two Victorian poets have in common? According to this video from Sesame Street’s amazing line of pop culture...
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All Hallows’ Eve in Poetry, Prose and Photos: Excerpts from the “Roundup” and...
It’s the week of Halloween and there’s no better time to highlight some items from our University Archives collections, specifically the Baylor Roundup (our campus yearbook) and The Phoenix (a literary...
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Choose Your Own Civil War Letter Adventure!
“Choose Your Own Adventure” book covers, image via Google image search. We’re currently processing a couple of Civil War letters collections – to be unveiled soon! – and getting them ready for online...
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Making Our Mark(ers): The DPG’s 2015 in Review
Well, another year of saving the world one scan at a time is in the books, and 2015 was a doozy for all of us at the Digital Projects Group! But rather than give you a dry recitation of stats, we asked...
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An Open Letter to Chip & Joanna Gaines of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper”
Dear Chip (@chippergaines) and Joanna (@TheMagnoliaMom), First off, a big old Howdy! from your alma mater‘s official Digital Collections blog! It seems like you guys are everywhere these days: doing...
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Color Our Collections 2016!
We’re excited to be taking part in Color Our Collections 2016! The event start at the New York Academy of Medicine and this year tons of new institutions are joining in the fun by taking items from...
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It Was There Before The Tree, Obviously: The Story of Mrs. Hubbard’s Hidden...
Pictured: The Struggle Between Nature and Tall, Metal Objects An existential question for you on this Flag Day: Is a flag pole still a flag pole if it’s no longer flying a flag? (Short answer: yes,...
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Still “Crush”-ing It 120 Years Later: Revisiting a Classic Post on a Big...
Today is the 120th anniversary of the “Crash at Crush,” a marketing stunt carried out by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT or “Katy”) Railroad in a field just outside of Waco. Our friends at Waco History...
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Friday Extra: Why Scream When You Can Shout!
If this first full week of October has been stressful, tiring or just plain exhausting, take heart! A new series of 2-minute segments called Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments has begun airing on Waco’s...
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