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Author Archives: Jacalyn Pearce
Oklahoma Statehood: The History and Anniversary
While scanning some documents, I noticed articles about the anniversary of Oklahoma statehood and realized that the 113th anniversary was this past Monday! This anniversary will be easy to remember since it’s only a few days before my birthday, so … Continue reading
Tulsa’s Phenomenal Naval Psychologist
I have spent the last few months combing through our digital files to ensure their organization and uniformity when I work from home. This has given me the chance to look in depth at the scanned images of each and … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History
Tagged california, collections, Navy, oklahoma women, photographs, Psychology, San Diego, Tulsa, university of tulsa
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Midterms Memories
Midterms have come and gone, and while I don’t have any traditional exams as a grad student, I’m still incredibly busy at this halfway point. My two children are in school and we just had our first ever virtual parent-teacher … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History
Tagged collections, education, grades, Great War, Oklahoma, photographs, report cards, school, World War I, WWI
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Oklahoma Post Cards and Road Trips
I moved to Tulsa exactly 14 months ago, but I haven’t begun to explore anything beyond Tulsa. I’ve enjoyed the scenery along the Muskogee Turnpike and I-40 on the few trips I’ve made back to Arkansas, but I haven’t even … Continue reading
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Tagged Oklahoma, post cards, road trip, small towns, travel
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The Stephen Crane Collection
One of my favorite things to do is catalog our unprocessed collections, creating a finding aid by describing each item in each folder in each box of a particular collection…it’s often tedious, but nerd that I am, I often love … Continue reading
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Tagged author, Books, history, Literature, newspapers, Special Collections, Stephen Crane
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Tulsa and the Art Deco Scene
The oil boom of the 1920s put Tulsa on the map at roughly the same time that a brand new design style began to appear. This description from the Encyclopedia Britannica sums it up quite nicely, I think. Art Deco … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art deco, graphic design, history, Modernism, photographs, Tulsa, tulsa municipal airport
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Pawnee Bill and Collections Acquisitions
I am so excited to be back at work in the Special Collections department! I hope everyone has had an enjoyable summer. My husband and I bought a house, so Tulsa is officially home for me! We also celebrated our … Continue reading
The Salonika World War I Photo Album
WWI is an incredibly complex, often troubling subject to study. The intricate network of allies and enemies can be hard to keep track of but there is no mistaking its devastating and long lasting effects. Special Collections contains more than … Continue reading
Posted in History, scrapbook, Uncategorized, World War I
Tagged Greece, photographs, Salonika, scrapbooks, World War I, World War One
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Spiro Mounds and Oklahoma Archaeology
Archaeology is a fascinating subject and Oklahoma has a rather a wild archaeological history, primarily because of the Spiro Mounds site, just across the border from Fort Smith, Arkansas. I grew up in the area near Spiro but it wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, Native Americans, Oklahoma, Special Collections, Spiro Mounds
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