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Author Archives: Amanda Vestal
Aaron Burr Writ for Arrest
Thanks to history classes in middle school and the Broadway show Hamilton, most people immediately associate the name Aaron Burr with the fatal duel between him and Alexander Hamilton. However, Aaron Burr was an important figure in earlier American history … Continue reading
Worlds of Wonder: Science Fiction in Special Collections
With the solar eclipse earlier this week, many people have spent the last few weeks (or months) researching celestial events and preparing to witness something that, although scientifically predicted, seems almost fictional. While observing the eclipse, I was struck by … Continue reading
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Tagged george r.r. martin, isaac asimov, R.A. Lafferty, Science Fiction
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
It has been nearly 3 weeks since Yevgeny Yevtushenko passed away in Tulsa. I tried to take several of his classes as an undergraduate student but by the time I was able to register they were always already full. This … Continue reading
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Tagged poetry, Russian literature, Soviet Union, Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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Richard Assmann Pencil Sketches
Some of our collections consist of hundreds of books or thousands of pages housed in hundreds of boxes, but some are small enough to fit into one slim envelope-type box. The Richard Assmann Pencil Sketches (2003.032) may seem unassuming but … Continue reading
Lord Loftus Letters
While I was trying to decide what to write my blog on for this week, I started just scrolling through our online finding aid to see what would catch my eye. This is how I came across the Augustus Loftus … Continue reading
McFarlin Fellows Dinner and Dr. Randall Fuller
Last night, February 16th, members of the Special Collections department had the privilege of attending the first McFarlin Fellows dinner of 2017. The Fellows are an integral group of donors without whose help McFarlin Special Collections and Archives would not … Continue reading
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Tagged Darwin, Dr. Randall Fuller, McFarlin Fellows, The Book That Changed America
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Marie Edna Whitehill Kendall College Photographs
Marie Edna Whitehill was originally from Chelsea, Oklahoma and attended Kendall College. She graduated in 1911, only four years after the school had been moved from its original location in Muskogee to Tulsa, where it remains to this day. During … Continue reading
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Tagged Kendall College, Marie Edna Whitehill, photographs, the university of tulsa
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Tulsa Municipal Airport Ledgers
McFarlin Special Collections and University Archives is home to many objects related to Tulsa and Oklahoma history. Many of these are part of the Oklahoma Collection (Coll. 2006.012) and provide insight into the vibrant history of the state. Part of … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, Amelia Earhart, aviation, Charles Lindberg, collections, history, Tulsa, Wiley Post
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McFarlin Fellows Dinner
Thursday night McFarlin Library held the first McFarlin Library Fellows Dinner of this school year. The night began with a book sale where the guest lecturer, Jane Smiley, had her novels for sale, which could then be signed by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Fellows Dinner, fellows speakers, Jane Smiley, novels
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