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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
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Author Archives: Melissa Kunz
Greenwood 1921: Centenary
Special Collections and University Archives presents a new virtual exhibit, Greenwood 1921: Centenary. This digital exhibit site focuses on the images of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that Special Collections has in our holdings. There is a full timeline description of … Continue reading
John W. Shleppey travel and menu collection
The University of Tulsa McFarlin Library Special Collections and University Archives are pleased to announce that the John W. Shleppey travel and menu collection has been fully processed and made available for full digital access through our website. Just click … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Digital Collections, History
Tagged food, food media, menu, restaurants, shleppey, travel
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1919: Versailles and the Aftermath
Special Collections at McFarlin Library has a new exhibit about the final year of World War I. 1919: Versailles and the Aftermath explores the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, the significance of the League of Nations, and what happened … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, McFarlin Library, World War I
Tagged 1919, exhibit, treaty of versailles, World War I
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Edith Nesbit archive
We here at Special Collections and University Archives at The University of Tulsa McFarlin Library are pleased to announce that the Edith Nesbit archive has been fully reprocessed and is now better organized and more easily accessible to patrons. Edith … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, literature
Tagged author, british author, children's literature, edith nesbit, hubert bland
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Tulsa activist Barbara Santee has died
Barbara Santee, a Tulsa-born activist and graduate of The University of Tulsa, died aged 81 on November 7, 2018. She had worked in the TU Center for Health Policy Research, and was also an executive director for the Oklahoma state … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Medicine
Tagged abortion, activism, barbara santee, death, naral, reproductive rights
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Artist’s Books: Challenging Norms & Forms
Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Tulsa McFarlin Library is pleased to announce our new Winter 2019 exhibit, Artist’s Books: Challenging Norms & Forms. Artist’s books are works that challenge the traditional idea of what a book is. … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, Exhibits
Tagged artist book, artist's book, Books, exhibit, sculptural objects
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Rare, possibly only known footage of Edward Dahlberg
Based on a recent patron request, we had this Super 8 film footage of Edward Dahlberg in September 1968 converted into a digital format. The footage is of Dahlberg and his editor, Harold Billings, along with Billings’s wife and their … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Digital Collections, literature
Tagged edward dahlberg, expatriat, film, harold billings, literary, modernist, video
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Tulsa Municipal Airport Ledger books
On August 28, 1963, Tulsa’s airport name was changed from Tulsa Municipal Airport to Tulsa International Airport. Today marks the 55th anniversary of the switch. TIA has gone through many changes and renovations over the years, but it started as … Continue reading
1918: Pandemic exhibit now open
The University of Tulsa Department of Special Collections and University Archives has opened a new exhibit for the summer of 2018 titled 1918: Pandemic. This exhibit focuses on 1918, the final year of World War I. With American troops joining the … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, World War I
Tagged 1918, armistice, influenza, pandemic, russian revolution, the great war, western front, World War I, WWI
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Special Collections is closing at 10:45am for the long weekend
The University of Tulsa Department of Special Collections and University Archives will be closing today, Thursday, May 24, at 10:45am, for the annual staff picnic. Campus will be closing at 2pm for the long Memorial Day Weekend. We will reopen … Continue reading
