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Author Archives: Alison M. Greenlee
New Acquisition
The department’s newest acquisition is three wood engraved illustrations for Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis by Peter Forster (Coll. No. 2011.032). The signed and numbered prints were made from the woodblocks used in Forster’s 1991 Folio Society edition of De Profundis, … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, art, Oscar Wilde, Rupert Hart-Davis
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Happy Bloomsday!
Happy Bloomsday from the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. We are the proud owners of six(!) first editions of James Joyce’s Ulysses.
Holiday Closure
The library and the department will be closed on Thursday, May 26 from 11 am until 2 pm and all day Friday, May 27 to allow the staff to take part in the University’s Employee Appreciation Week activities. The library … Continue reading
New Acquisition
During Merlin Holland’s recent visit, the author presented the library with a copy of Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis, published by the British Library in 2000. This facsimile edition was published on the one-hundredth anniversary of Wilde’s death. The library’s special … Continue reading
New Acquisition
We’ve recently added 33 more issues of The Smart Set to our collection. The Smart Set was an American literary magazine that ran from 1900-1930. Contributing authors include F. Scott Fitzgerald, Willa Cather, Dorothy Parker, Sinclair Lewis, Dashiell Hammett, Aldous … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, collections, Literature, Modernism
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The Reader
Rodger Jacobsen’s The Reader (2010) is the latest work of art to make its home at McFarlin. Located in the Frances O’Hornett Grand Foyer, the bronze statue welcomes patrons to the library.
New Acquisition
What’s the difference between a hobo, a tramp, and a bum? Find out in The Milk and Honey Route: A Handbook for Hobos by Dean Stiff (pseud. of Nels Anderson); illustrated by Ernie Bushmiller (1931). A humorous guide compiled after … Continue reading
Alexandre Hogue exhibit opens
“Alexandre Hogue: An American Visionary–Paintings and Works on Paper” is currently on exhibit at the Art Museum of South Texas through April 3, 2011. Hogue, head of the art department at The University of Tulsa from 1945-63, is known for … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, hogue, tu, tulsa university, university of tulsa
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Artists’ Books and Feminine Ideals
Our department is fortunate enough to have a growing collection of artists’ books. A number of these works by female artists investigate the concepts of beauty and femininity. During a recent show-and-tell, we brought out Tamar Stone’s The Rational Corset … Continue reading