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Category Archives: General
Former Provost, Joyce scholar, and archival enthusiast Thomas F. Staley has died
Dr. Thomas F. Staley, former Provost, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Chair of Modern Literature at The University of Tulsa, died March 29th, 2022. He was 86 years old. Born on August 13, 1935 in Pittsburgh, … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, James Joyce, literature, McFarlin Library
Tagged acquisitions, history, James Joyce, james joyce quarterly, jjq, thomas f. staley
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Graduation—The Big Sendoff
When WordPress publishes this post, I will be in the H.A. Chapman field, wearing my cap, gown, and hood and celebrating my graduation from the Museum Science and Management program. I have loved my time at TU and I’m excited … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged ceremony, closure, Commencement, Graduation, invitations, May, OSU, OU, tu, university of tulsa
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Milo Hendrix
For my penultimate post as a Special Collections Graduate Assistant, I am revisiting the topic of the research paper I wrote for a History class my very first semester. In the entrance to Chapman Hall there is a large plaque … Continue reading
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Tagged choir, collections, Eugene Gilmore, football, Henry Kendall College, Indian Territory, Milo Hendrix, photographs, Robertson, Spanish American War, students, War
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Advertising in the Collections
Months ago, while scanning material from a collection, this old advertisement for Kenmore Washers and Dryers caught my eye and when I noticed another ad later, I had the idea to collect various advertisements for a blog post. These advertisements … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, History
Tagged ads, advertisements, collections, Ephemera, history, Illustrations, magazines, newspapers, photographs, popular culture
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The Tulsa Women’s Club Collection
Continuing with our theme of covering Women’s History Month, this post is about a little archive of the Tulsa Women’s Club. I found that it hadn’t been digitized at all yet, so I scanned as many items as I could during … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, History
Tagged charity, club, collections, community service, correspondence, general, letters, Literature, Oklahoma, oklahoma women, photographs, Tulsa, Tulsa Women's Club, women
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Langston Hughes, Booker T. Washington, and Ada Lois Fisher
Today, for the final post of Black History Month, I chose to have a look through some of our books by Black authors. We have quite a few first editions by noteworthy Black authors that I thought I would share … Continue reading
Posted in General, History, literature, Uncategorized
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Portraits
This post is a few days late, because I couldn’t get into the office last week during the spectacular snowstorm we had! If you were affected by it, I hope you were as safe and warm as possible! I contemplated … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, History
Tagged african-american, black history, Black History Month, children, collections, history, Men, photographs, portraits, women
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Black History Month is Here!
February is Black History Month! Melissa’s post about our new virtual exhibit unofficially kicks off our month of blog posts honoring such an important topic. We will focus our posts on the materials in Special Collections that highlight African Americans … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, History
Tagged african-american, black history, Black History Month, collections, Couples, greenwood, history, Oklahoma, photographs, Tulsa
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Jervis McEntee Journal
Isn’t the University campus beautiful this week? The leaves are changing and falling off of the trees in droves. For some people, it is a melancholy season signifying the end of green grass and short-sleeves. For others, it is a … Continue reading
Posted in General, History, McFarlin Library
Tagged art, Autumn, Hudson River School, Jervis McEntee
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