Baylor’s Texas Collection Acquires Archives of Former Waco City Councilman Josh Borderud
Collection documents nearly six years of the Baylor alum’s public service and community leadership in Waco
Josh and Jennifer Borderud (photo courtesy of The Texas Collection)
Contact: Kelly Craine, 254-297-9065
Follow us: @BaylorUMedia on X and LinkedIn
The Texas Collection at Baylor University has acquired the archives of former Waco City Councilman Josh Borderud, B.A. ’01, M.A. ’03, J.D. ’09, preserving a significant record of local government and civic leadership for future generations.
The collection includes correspondence, social media posts, official documents and other materials that chronicle Borderud’s nearly six years of service on the Waco City Council. Elected in November 2020, Borderud completed three terms representing Waco residents before concluding his service earlier this month.
Borderud’s archives join an esteemed group of local government collections housed within the Baylor Collections of Political Materials at W. R. Poage Library, which is administered by The Texas Collection, including the materials of former Waco Mayor Mike Morrison and former McLennan County Commissioner Lester Gibson. Together, these collections provide valuable insight into the people, policies and decisions that have shaped Waco and Central Texas.
ABOUT JOSHUA G. BORDERUD
Josh Borderud is a triple alumnus of Baylor University and the director of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs and a clinical lecturer at Baylor Law School.
As a Baylor student, he was named the Outstanding Senior History Major as an undergraduate, received the university’s Outstanding Graduate Student Award in graduate school and served on the Baylor Law Review in law school.
Borderud began his career as an assistant district attorney in Milam County. He then worked as a civil litigator in Waco and was named the Outstanding Young Lawyer of McLennan County.
A former three-term Waco City Councilman, Borderud serves as board vice chair of the Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation, and a past president of the Waco-McLennan County Bar Association.
For his work, Borderud received the Sandra Day O’Connor Award from the American Inns of Court at the Supreme Court of the United States.
ABOUT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Baylor University is a private Christian University and a nationally ranked Research 1 institution. The University provides a vibrant campus community for 20,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating University in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 12 nationally recognized academic divisions. Learn more about Baylor University at www.baylor.edu.
ABOUT THE TEXAS COLLECTION AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Founded in 1923, The Texas Collection is one of the largest Texana collections in the world. Materials date from the 15th century to the present and tell the story of Texas from pre-Republic, Republic of Texas, and statehood. Scholars from all over the world come to the collection to research facets of Texas including history, agriculture, literature, religion, politics, and education. The Texas Collection is also home to the University Archives, the official repository for Baylor University. These records include presidential papers, departmental and student organizational records, and university reports. For more information, visit the Texas Collection website.
ABOUT BAYLOR LAW
Established in 1857, Baylor Law School was one of the first law schools in Texas and one of the first west of the Mississippi River. With more than 7,800 living alumni, the Law School is accredited by the American Bar Association and a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Baylor Law School has a record of producing outstanding lawyers, many of whom decide upon a career in public service. Its distinguished alumni include two governors, members or former members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, two former directors of the FBI, U.S. ambassadors, federal judges, justices of the Texas Supreme Court, and members of the Texas Legislature. In its law specialties rankings, U.S. News & World Report has recognized Baylor Law’s trial advocacy program as one of the top five in the nation for 16 consecutive years. preLaw Magazine has named Baylor Law School as No. 2 in its honor roll for “Practical Training,” and the School ranks No. 3 nationwide for full-time law jobs requiring bar passage, according to Reuters. Additionally, Baylor Law received the 2015 American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award, becoming only the third law school to earn this accolade since its inception in 1984. Learn more at the Law School website.