Category Archives: Popular Culture

Harper Lee agrees to ebook version of To Kill a Mockingbird

Posted on 2014 April 28 by Carlos Acosta

American novelist Harper Lee has announced that she has entered an agreement with HarperCollins to release her Pulitzer-prize winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird in e-book and digital audiobook formats. In a rare public statement released through her publisher on … Continue reading →

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Special Collections’ Woody Guthrie Manuscript on Exhibit

Posted on 2014 March 31 by Carlos Acosta

The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives is proud to be collaborating with the Woody Guthrie Center in the exhibit of the original typed manuscript of Woody Guthrie’s only novel House of Earth. The manuscript, on … Continue reading →

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Rare Vintage Cameras at Special Collections

Posted on 2014 March 26 by Carlos Acosta

The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives is much more than just a place where rare books and manuscripts are stored. In our mission to be the most effective and efficient research tool we can be … Continue reading →

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McFarlin Fellows Event

Posted on 2014 February 19 by Carlos Acosta

The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives, and McFarlin Fellows is holding and eventon Thursday, February 20th in honor of TU’s very own Professor Joseph Kestner. Dr. Kestner serves as McFarlin Professor of English and Professor … Continue reading →

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Posting on behalf of KWGS 89.5 FM

Posted on 2014 February 12 by Carlos Acosta

At The University of Tulsa’s KWGS 89.5, we are researching and producing a radio documentary on old-fashioned soda pop or soft drinks. Are there any flavors that you recall, perhaps as a child, that are no longer being made?  Do … Continue reading →

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New Dime Novels at Special Collections

Posted on 2013 December 16 by Carlos Acosta

The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives would like to announce the acquisition of two new dime novels to our holdings. Dime novels are a staple of American popular culture, and the precursors of today’s mass … Continue reading →

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