The W. R. Poage Legislative Library is part of Baylor University Libraries, functioning as a research facility which collects congressional records and personal papers related to the political history of Central Texas. It was established in 1979 in honor of Congressman W.R. Poage, Baylor alumnus and retired public official whose career spanned over fifty years.

The Keston Center for Religion, Politics, & Society has joined with the Keston Institute to achieve its mission and is committed to the preservation and utilization of the library and archive, and seeks to promote the research, teaching, and understanding of religion and politics in Communist and post-Communist societies.