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Waco-Related Genealogy Resources from Baylor
University’s Digital Collections
Eric S. AmesCurator of Digital Collections
Baylor University
http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu
Agenda
Overview of Baylor’s Digital Collections
Major Waco-related collections
Tips for searching and using our materials
Follow-up questions
Contact information
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-free
Freely accessible*
http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu
Waco-Related Collections
The Baylor University LariatThe Baylor University Institute for Oral History collection
The Waco City DirectoriesPhotos from the Texas Collection
Selections from the Texas Collection
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
Baylor Lariat
Cover of first page, Vol. I, Issue 1
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
BU Oral History
Memoirs of Paul Quinn College
1994
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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Waco Directories
Morrison & Fourmy “Directory of the City of Waco”
1904-1905
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”
Photos from Texas Coll.
Aerial view of Carroll Library (home of the Texas
Collection)
Ca. 1917
Selections from theTexas 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)
Selections from Texas Collection
Excerpt from “A Directory of Ex-Students … of Baylor
University”, 1920
Some Upcoming Collections
Baylor RoundUp
Campus yearbook
1896, 1903-present
Keyword searchable
Available on-campus now
BU News Release Project
All university-issued press releases, 1920s-present
Keyword searchable
In process
Your Questions
Particular collection?Topic?
More information on something we covered tonight?
Contact Info
http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu
www.facebook.com/baylordigitalcollections
http://blogs.baylor.edu/digitalcollections
The Digital Collections blog