Category Archives: Acquisitions

Art of 3D images mastered

Posted on 2015 September 17 by Abhinaya Rangarajan

It is common to think that three-dimensional images were an invention of the very recent past. However, the art of producing 3D images seem had been mastered decades back. The first patented stereoscope was invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition

Posted on 2015 September 17 by Marc Carlson

Confederate Veterans Encampment Photographs, 2015.056 Between 24 and 27 September 1918 the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma hosted a Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, and other affiliated organizations. This reunion was an important milestone for the city, with the city … Continue reading →

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New acquisition: Orson Welles and the unproduced Heart of Darkness film

Posted on 2015 September 9 by Melissa Kunz

Special Collections recently acquired the story outline for a film version of Heart of Darkness that was written by Orson Welles in the late 1930s—originally intended to be his first major picture. He wrote a full screenplay, but executives at RKO Studios thought … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition

Posted on 2015 August 21 by Marc Carlson

One of our most recent acquisitions is the Barbara Santee archive of Oklahoma woman’s reproductive rights and ancillary materials. Briefly stated, this is a record of over forty years of the politics of women’s reproductive rights in Oklahoma. As yet … Continue reading →

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Dime Novels: Potboilers in American History

Posted on 2014 December 12 by Abhinaya Rangarajan

The Department of Special Collections and University Archives at McFarlin Library is currently reliving the thrills of the sensational dime novels, staples of American popular culture. The Department boasts a collection of over 4000 dime novels, with the latest acquisition … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition: Report from the Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen”

Posted on 2014 November 21 by AJ McIntosh

The “Report from the Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen on three Moravian church missions to Native Americans including a brief section on their work among the Cherokee Indians in Arkansas, said evangelizing work … Continue reading →

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New Aquisition: World War I Posters

Posted on 2014 September 16 by AJ McIntosh

The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections recently acquired over one hundred and thirty World War posters to add to our existing collection of propaganda and ephemera from this era. As part of the acquisition and cataloguing process, each … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition: James Joyce’s “The Dead” illustrated by Robert Berry

Posted on 2014 September 10 by Carlos Acosta

The University of Tulsa and the McFarlin Library’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives would like to announce the acquisition of a new edition of James Joyce’s short story “The Dead.” “The Dead” is the final short story in … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition: Spenser’s Minor Poems

Posted on 2014 May 30 by James Tindle

Special Collections is pleased to announce the acquisition of a beautiful collection of poems: The Minor Poems of Edmund Spenser. Published by Ashendene Press in 1925, the book contains The Shepheardes Calender, Compaints, Daphnaida, Colin Clovts Come Home Again, Amoretti, Hymnes, and other … Continue reading →

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Dean Alexander Featured in Studio Tulsa Interview

Posted on 2014 March 5 by James Tindle

In a previous post, we mentioned that Special Collections had recently acquired a rare and beautiful copy of Eric Gill’s The Four Gospels. On March 4, Studio Tulsa’s Rich Fisher interviewed Adrian Alexander, Robert M. and Ida McFarlin Dean of … Continue reading →

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