Bauer, Baker, and Baldwin City: Electrifying a Small Town's Identity

W.C. Bauer, Baker University and Baldwin City were forever linked in 1907, when a young Baker professor electrified the institution and then the entire town. Although debate raged across Kansas about the merits of the new technology, Baldwins citizens embraced electricity and in doing so became models of independence and self-sufficiency.

The documentary was produced with a grant from the Kansas Humanities Council.

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Education

Tags:

• electricity
• electric
• baker
• 'baker university
• humanities
• kansas
• history

[BakerUniversity]

Thank you. It was a wonderful project to work on and it really brought the Baldwin and Baker communities together.

[AardvarkFoto]

This short video is an amazing documentation of a piece of the history of my hometown, Baldwin City, KS and my alma mater, Baker University. I highly reccomend it to anyone with a connection to or an interest in this wonderful little community.