Author Archives: Alison M. Greenlee

About Alison M. Greenlee

Special Collections Librarian, McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa.

Opus Chronologicum: A study of variants and multiple copies

My time in Special Collections at the University of St Andrews has been exciting and enriching. I’ve been cataloging 17th century books on history, primarily historical chronologies. The first book I worked on was the 1620 edition of Opus Chronologicum … Continue reading

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USTC Project at St Andrews, Week 1

I have begun settling in to my work at the University of St Andrews. My first task at the project is to convert item location and copy information from the Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) into a form that can be … Continue reading

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Special Collections Librarian Heads to Scotland

Next week, Special Collections Librarian Alison Greenlee heads to Scotland for six weeks to join a team of interns working on the Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) project. This project, based at the University of St Andrews, is an online … Continue reading

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New Books

Our newest purchases are now ready for use! Come see an assortment of fine press books, with heavy representation from the Incline Press. The Incline Press of Oldham, England has been publishing books since 1993. With six printing presses and … Continue reading

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Christmas with the Woolly Whale

If you’ve taken high school German or are of German heritage, you might be familiar with the Schnitzelbank song. I recall German club trips to the Rathskeller, where we’d put our language skills to the test and sing the humorous … Continue reading

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Holiday Closure

The department, along with the rest of the library, will be closed December 22-January 1. We will re-open on Wednesday, January 2, 2013.

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Abbreviated Hours

In accordance with the university’s early dismissal granted by President Upham, the department will close at 3:00pm on Thursday, October 11. University offices will close at 3:00 to alleviate parking difficulties ahead of the nationally televised football game against the … Continue reading

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New Books

Stop by and see our latest acquisitions. They’re all cataloged and ready for use!   Anderson, Andrew. Enclosures: Times and Places. Stroud, England: Evergreen Press, 2009. (NE1147.6.A53 A4 2009) “The enclosure of space and time is the theme of these … Continue reading

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John Steinbeck manuscript “His Father”

The department recently purchased John Steinbeck’s 4-page manuscript for the semi-autobiographical short story “His Father,” which was first published in the September 1949 issue of Reader’s Digest. It tells the story of a young boy who is bullied by neighborhood … Continue reading

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Ben Graf Henneke Library

Guest post by Nick Geiger. Dr. Ben Graf Henneke’s legacy at the University of Tulsa reaches far and wide, whether as a student writing the University fight song or as a professor expanding academia in the field of radio. In … Continue reading

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