The W. R. Poage Legislative Library serves as a research facility that archives materials related to the political history of the United States, with an emphasis on Central Texas. The Poage Library is home to a wide assortment of collections and materials, including: Congressional papers of W. R. Poage, John Dowdy, O. C. Fisher, Ed Lee Gossett, Sam Hall, Jack Hightower, Marvin Leath, Tom Pickett, W.R. Smith, Alan Steelman and Hatton Sumners Texas legislative papers of Don Adams, Bob Bullock, Chet Edwards, Jack Hightower, Ray Kirkpatrick, Allen Place, W.R. Poage, and Byron Tunnell Judicial papers of Charles Barrow, Jack Hightower, Sam Johnson and Bob Thomas Papers of former Mayor of Waco, Mike Morrison John F. Kennedy assassination research materials Raymond Biles Editorial Cartoon Collection of approximately 30,000 items John and JD Dowdy Political Memorabilia Collection dating back from the mid-19th Century Project 9-11 Collection documenting the events and aftermath of September 11th, 2001 Penn Jones Papers related to the 36th Infantry Division during WWII and JFK's assassination For more information about these and other collections, exhibitions and upcoming events, visit the W. R. Poage Legislative Library web site. To support the W. R. Poage Legislative Library, please click here.