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- McFarlin Library: A View from the Top | From McFarlin Tower on McFarlin Library blueprints are now available online
- Updated Digital Collections: Fall 2017 | From McFarlin Tower on World War I: 1917 – The Yanks are Coming exhibit
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Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of President Lincoln’s Assassination
This past Tuesday, April 14th, we commemorated the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. President Lincoln was shot by American actor and Confederate spy John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday, 1865 while attending a performance of the play Our … Continue reading
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
With the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, the staff of the University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives would like to highlight some of its holdings pertaining Irish poets and writers, as well as its close relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History, Uncategorized
Tagged fellows speakers, Irish heritage, Literature, Modernism
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English Author Neil Gaiman Visits Special Collections
English author Neil Gaiman paid a special visit yesterday afternoon to the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Tulsa. Gaiman is known for his novel American Gods, his Sandman graphic novels, and his children’s book Coraline, … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Events, Exhibits, News, Popular Culture
Tagged collections, Comic Books, events, exhibit, library, Literature, popular culture
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R.A. Lafferty Materials on Exhibit
The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives is proud to contribute some of its materials to Oklahoma Writers–A Literary Tableau, a multi-venue author exhibit in the Brady District and beyond, organized by the Oklahoma Center for … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, events, exhibit, Fantasy, Literature, R.A. Lafferty, Science Fiction
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McFarlin Fellows Event
Last Thursday, February 26th, the University of Tulsa Department of Special Collections and University Archives and McFarlin Fellows hosted a reception and dinner honoring antiquarian book trader and founder of Tavistock Books, Vic Zoschak. The evening began with a … Continue reading
Abraham Lincoln-related Materials
This Thursday, February 12th we commemorate the birth of our 16th US President, Abraham Lincoln. As one of America’s most respected presidents, Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political … Continue reading
Harper Lee Announces New Novel
Last Spring, the Department of Special Collections and University Archives was glad to find out that Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and classic of Modern American literature To Kill a Mockingbird was to be re-released in digital and audiobook formats. … Continue reading
New Exhibit at Special Collections
The University of Tulsa and McFarlin Library’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives are proud to announce their latest exhibit titled “Up, Up, and Away: A Historical Overview of American Comic Books.” Beginning on January 5th and extending through … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, Comic Books, exhibit, history, Literature, popular culture
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127th Anniversary of A Study in Scarlet
This month we celebrate the 127th anniversary of the publication of the novel A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This novel presents the first appearance of beloved literary characters Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler, John … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, History, News, Popular Culture
Tagged Books, collections, Literature, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Signature Society Event: Wine and War 101
On Thursday, November 13th Adrian Alexander, R.M. and Ida McFarlin Dean of the Library, hosted Wine & War 101, a Signature Society event. The evening was meant to be an entertaining and educational experience. It combined a lecture on how … Continue reading
Posted in Events, History, News, Signature Society Event
Tagged Great War, history, Signature Society, Wine making, World War I
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