Author Archives: Alison M. Greenlee

About Alison M. Greenlee

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

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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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.

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Cherokee Language Materials

Did you know you can search Google in Cherokee? To celebrate the new interface, we would like to highlight some of the department’s Cherokee language materials. We recently digitized a manuscript of medicine formulas written by Uwedasat, a.k.a. John Campbell … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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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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.

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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

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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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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

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