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Category Archives: Collections
Yes! We Have Comic Books!
Popular Culture (commonly referred to as pop culture) is defined as the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, Collections, General, History, Uncategorized
Tagged art, artifacts, artists books, collections, Comic Books, history, Literature, popular culture
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Anna Kavan
Self Portrait, by Anna Kavan. Coll. No. 80.29.1 Recent digitization work on the Special Collections fine art holdings has exposed the paintings and sketches of Anna Kavan (1904-1968), an enigmatic British author and painter who struggled with depression much of … Continue reading
The Rise of the Aerospace and Aviation Industries in Oklahoma
Many people outside the state of Oklahoma do not realize the role the Sooner State has played in the history of the aerospace and aviation industries in the United States. Since World War II, Oklahoma has been one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History
Tagged aerospace, aviation, Bob McCormack, Oklahoma, Wiley Post, Will Rogers
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Release of Woody Guthrie’s Only Novel, House of Earth
The literary world is celebrating the recent publication of acclaimed singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie’s posthumous novel, House of Earth, Guthrie’s sole foray into prose. The novel, published from a manuscript housed in McFarlin Library’s Special Collections, was edited and published by … Continue reading
Winter Poetry
Although Oklahoma’s Winter weather is amazingly diverse, having 70 degree weather one day and 30 degrees the next, most of the United States is “enjoying” very cold, snowy, and sometimes dreary winter days. In the cold and dreariness of winter … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, artwork, Collections
Tagged acquisitions, artists books, collections, poetry
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Reflecting on Race: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
This coming Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. MLK’s life was devoted to creating equality and breaking the barriers between people of different races, specifically between blacks and whites. The city of Tulsa has a sad history of hate … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History, Uncategorized
Tagged artists books, collections, history, photographs, Tulsa, tulsa race riot
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Now On Display: “Mask-arade!”
Special Collections graduate assistants Kyle Ripley and Kristina Rosenthal have recently researched and displayed a collection of Mexican dancing masks. These masks predate the founding of the Americas and illuminate the culture and traditions of Mexico’s earliest people. So, to … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, Collections, Events, Exhibits, News
Tagged art, events, exhibit, history, Native Americans
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Christmas with the Woolly Whale
If you’ve taken high school German or are of German heritage, you might be familiar with the Schnitzelbank song. I recall German club trips to the Rathskeller, where we’d put our language skills to the test and sing the humorous … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, holiday, private press, Schnitzelbank, Woolly Whale
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“The Greatest Mother in the World”
As part of the ongoing exhibit of posters in Special Collections for Veterans Day, the students who created the exhibits also created entries for this blog. We will be posting these over the rest of the month of November. 1992.004.5.65-66 … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Exhibits
Tagged Great War, posters, War, World War I, World War One, WWI
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“Sure! We’ll Finish the Job. Victory Liberty Loan.”
As part of the ongoing exhibit of posters in Special Collections for Veterans Day, the students who created the exhibits also created entries for this blog. We will be posting these over the rest of the month of November. 1992.004.5.76 … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, Collections, Exhibits
Tagged Great War, posters, War, World War I, World War One, WWI
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