Baylor library’s JFK archive grows into one of nation’s premier collections In 2012, the Poage Library scored several major acquisitions, including a
shipment of 103 boxes of materials from the Mary Ferrell Foundation,
named for the Dallas legal secretary who was considered a central figure
among JFK assassination experts. By the time of her death in 2004, she
had amassed a large database on the subject, including more than 40,000
index cards with names and details that she eventually computerized.