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- McFarlin Library: A View from the Top | From McFarlin Tower on McFarlin Library blueprints are now available online
- Updated Digital Collections: Fall 2017 | From McFarlin Tower on World War I: 1917 – The Yanks are Coming exhibit
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko | From McFarlin Tower on Where did TU’s Picasso go?
- The Great War / World War I collections | From McFarlin Tower on Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg Collection
- Some new WWI Digital Collections uploads. | From McFarlin Tower on Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg Collection
Author Archives: Jennifer Donner
Closed for Holiday 2020
McFarlin Library Special Collections and University Archives will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday starting at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, November 24 through Friday, November 27. We will reopen at our normal time on Monday, November 30. Have a safe … Continue reading
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Call for Donations for University of Tulsa “Living through Covid-19” collection
This is a historic opportunity to add your personal perspective to the narrative of how future generations will learn and research about this pandemic. The purpose of this collection will be to document how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting everyone on … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Covid-19, General, History
Tagged collections, Covid-19, history, Special Collections, Tulsa
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Closed for Memorial Day Weekend
McFarlin Library Special Collections and University Archives will be closed from 11:00 AM, Thursday, May 23, to 8:00 AM, Tuesday, May 28, in observance of Memorial Day. Have a safe weekend!
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Special Collections Summer and Holiday Hours
Starting Friday, June 2, and ending Friday, August 4, 2017, the hours of operations for McFarlin Library Special Collections and University Archives will be as follows: Monday-Thursday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Friday … Continue reading
Mildred Darby–Anglo-Irish novelist
Mildred Darby started out life as Mildred Henrietta Gordon Dill and grew up in England. She married Jonathan Darby in 1889 and moved to Leap Castle, located in Coolderry, County Offaly, in Ireland. As Mildred settled into life in an … Continue reading
Posted in General, gothic, Great Irish famine, History, literature, occult
Tagged Books, history, Irish Civil War, Leap Castle, Literature, occult, spiritualism
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Holiday Hours
The Special Collections department will be closing at 5:00 PM on Thursday, December 22rd for the holiday break. We will reopen again at 8:00 AM on Tuesday, January 3th. Have a safe and happy holiday season!
Closed for Thanksgiving 2016
McFarlin Library Special Collections will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday starting at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 23 through Friday, November 25. We will reopen at our normal time on Monday, November 28. Have a safe and happy holiday.
New acquisition: Hard Times punk fanzine
Special Collections has newly acquired Hard Times, a punk fanzine that was published in Maywood, New Jersey. The magazine was focused on the punk rock scene of New York City that featured letters, interviews, pictorials, and cartoons. The original run of the … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Popular Culture
Tagged acquisitions, fanzine, popular culture, punk music, punk rock
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The Charles King Library
General Charles King (1844-1933) was an American author who spent most of his life in the military. A graduate of West Point, he served in the Army until he was wounded at the Battle of Sunset Pass during the Yavapai War. … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Charles King, collections, Literature, Native Americans, World War I, World War One, WWI
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