Founded in 1970, the Baylor University Institute for Oral History has been collecting interviews ever since. To date, the Institute has collected more than 5,800 interview transcripts, 3,500 of which are available for free online to anyone who might like to view them. In addition, the Institute began to upload audio files of interviews in 2013. The collection is easily browsable and may be filtered by Interviewer, Interview Date(s), and Project. Projects have included such fascinating topics as Western Swing, Woman in Waco, Mexican Baptists, School of Music, and others. Readers may also use the Advanced Search function to better narrow results. For readers interested in the Baptist church, the culture of Texas, and related topics, this archive will pay rich dividends.
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