The Armstrong Browning Library and Museum (ABL) has been a beautiful part of Baylor’s campus for more than 70 years. The ABL is renowned for both its stunning appearance (often named among the nation’s most beautiful libraries) and its incredible collection of literature and art related to famous poets Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. But, you […]
Since 1970, Baylor’s Institute for Oral History has been preserving the memories of history’s eyewitnesses. Today, the archives include more than 7,000 interviews and more than 200,000 pages of transcripts — many of which have been digitized and made available in audio and/or transcript form online. Among the collection are interviews with Texans from various […]
Five years ago this week — June 1, 2017 — President Linda Livingstone officially took the reins at Baylor as the university’s 15th president. It’s incredible to look back and see what the university has accomplished under her leadership in those five years. Here are just some of the highlights: — Reaching R1 status (three […]
On Friday, Baylor Regents approved the outline of a plan that will address many of the priorities named by the Commission on Historic Campus Representations last year — recommendations that would more fully tell the history of the university and its early leaders. Many of the details are still in development, but the concepts released […]
In the 1930s, the life of a Baylor student was not exactly carefree. On a national level, Bears of that decade had experienced the Great Depression and World War I (plus the beginnings of what would become World War II); more locally, the death of Baylor President Samuel Palmer Brooks just before the 1931 graduation […]
You may not be familiar with Lily McIlroy Russell (AB 1911, MA 1931), but her legacy at Baylor runs deep. Her impact on students (who dedicated the 1955 edition of the Baylor yearbook to her), events across campus, and the telling of Baylor history is remarkable. Russell’s connection to Baylor started literally from birth. She was […]
Students walking between Old Main and Burleson Hall daily pass through a circular brick area known as Folmar Pavilion, which contains memorials to several Baylor legends of the past. Among them is Dr. Dorothy Scarborough (BA 1896, MA 1899), a remarkable woman who, despite the headwinds women faced a century ago, blazed trails in education, […]
In 2013, Baylor Regents approved “Hallie Earle Hall” as the name for the southern part of what would debut that fall as East Village. Since then, thousands of Bears have lived in the building — but to many, “Earle” is still a new name in Baylor history. So let’s answer the question: Who was Hallie […]
It was the mid 1960s. On a trip across Texas, Baylor basketball legend Carroll Dawson (BSED ’60) — then an assistant coach for the men’s team — stopped at a gas station in Athens, Texas. The attendant asked about the Baylor sticker on Dawson’s car; when he learned Dawson was a coach, he proudly noted […]
One hundred years ago this week, countless Baylor students ran bravely into a burning building — to save the contents of the university’s library. It’s not a move risk management would likely encourage today, but the selflessness of the act speaks to who Baylor students were (and are) — people who think of others (in […]
