The Texas Collection, Baylor University's oldest special collections library, houses a variety of materials pertaining to the history and culture of Texas and Texans. Located in Carroll Library, The Texas Collection has archived a wide array of materials to share the history of Texas, including: Early maps of Texas Texas promotional materials from the 19th and 20th century Baylor presidential papers from pre-1886 to the present More than 760 oral memoirs An extensive Texas cookery collection that includes cookbooks from the 1800s Collections of Branch Davidian crisis of 1993 The papers of Dorothy Scarborough and Leon Jaworski A collection of Carl Hertzog fine print titles Materials on Texas sports teams, coaches, players, venues, and halls of fame Every issue of the Baylor Lariat The Sciences in Texas including oil, gas, geology, vanished towns, hydrogeology, meteorology, tornados, hurricanes, and soils Materials on Texas law enforcement including Texas Rangers, outlaws, Bonnie and Clyde, famous lawyers and Texas jurisprudence For more information about The Texas Collection, visit The Texas Collection website and plan a visit! To support The Texas Collection, click here.