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Primary Source: A Special Collections Podcast

Primary Source: A Special Collections Podcast

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Primary Source: A Special Collections Podcast takes you inside the stacks of Special Collections at Midwestern State University's Moffett Library with Special Collections Librarian Alissa Russell. Each monthly episode highlights rare materials, hidden histories, and the stories that shaped our university and beyond, bringing the past to life, one collection at a time.Moffett Library World
Episodes
  • War Comes to Hardin Junior College
    Dec 26 2025

    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

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    19 mins
  • The U.S.O.: "...giving them a touch of home life away from home."
    Nov 28 2025

    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


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    49 mins
  • "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way."
    Nov 1 2025

    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

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    36 mins
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