Before deployment overseas, many World War II service personnel were first students. In the first mini-episode for Primary Source, we explore how Hardin Junior College experienced the war years, from the establishment of aviation and vocational technical schools to stories of students answering the call of duty.

The episode transcript and list of sources can be found at: https://libguides.msutexas.edu/specialcollections/episodes

Jitterbug back into the 1940s as we explore how the USO boosted morale among stateside and deployed service personnel, and zoom in on its incredible presence right here in Wichita Falls.The episode transcript and list of sources can be found at: https://libguides.msutexas.edu/specialcollections/episodes

Step into the fog of Victorian London as Primary Source uncovers the dark genius behind Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Learn how Stevenson's own nightmare - and two real-life criminals and a progressive newspaper editor - helped inspire his tale of duality and hidden sin, mirroring the real-life terror of Jack the Ripper, where fiction and reality blur in the gaslight.

The episode transcript and list of sources can be found at: https://libguides.msutexas.edu/specialcollections/episodes

A brief history of the three university libraries that helped build Midwestern State University into what it is today.

The episode transcript and my list of sources can be found at: https://libguides.msutexas.edu/specialcollections/primarysource

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