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ID: 3423 ~ Source: Brooks, Sims Palmer and Harlan, Aurelia Emma Brooks, interviewed by Kent Keeth and Tab W. Lewis, October 13, 1981 to October 4, 1984, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, Texas. Access full interview here.

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Aurelia Brooks Harlan, daughter of Baylor President Samuel Palmer Brooks, recalls going to London to commission the Book of Remembrance, which listed the names of the individuals who made the building of Memorial possible. On display in Memorial until 2025, the book is now digitized and available for viewing through the Texas Collection.

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Memorial Hall: Woman's Memorial Dormitory

By Maria Petrolia

Baylor University was the first coeducational university in the South, and only the second in the country. Even so, the education women received at Baylor for many years was fundamentally different…