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Category Archives: Collections
Sverre Braathen Circus Collection
The Special Collections Department houses a sizeable amount of circus related materials in several collections. Today, I’m going to focus on one small collection that once belonged to Sverre and Faye Braathen. Sverre Braathen was an attorney by trade, but … Continue reading
Posted in Cicus, Circus, Collections, General, McFarlin Library, Uncategorized
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The Gertrude Stein Stein
As you may already know, the Special Collections Department houses a number of interesting objects. These objects are tucked away on the shelves with thousands of manuscripts, letters, and books. There is a lot of variety among these objects, we … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, literature, Uncategorized
Tagged Gertrude Stein, Literature, Puns
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The Spotlight Theater: Home of America’s Longest Running Play
As a new Graduate Assistant at the Special Collections department, locating a single subject for a blog post was a very daunting task. This department houses hundreds of thousands of interesting pictures, books, manuscripts… How do I choose what to … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History, McFarlin Library, Popular Culture
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Oklahoma State Highway Commission papers, 1960-1974
By Caitlin Berry, Intern This semester as part of my internship with Special Collections, I chose to work on the Oklahoma State Highway Commission papers, 1960-1974. I chose to work on this collection because it provided me the opportunity to … Continue reading
Petrol Stamps Collection (1000.154.1)
Stamp collecting is understood as the collecting of postage stamps and related objects; this hobby exploded in popularity in the late nineteenth century. Ever since this time, this art is considered to be one of the worlds most popular hobbies. … Continue reading
In Black and White: Landscape Prints by Claire Van Vliet
A catalogue was created for an exhibition showcasing Claire Van Vliet’s black and white landscape prints at Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston (January 15th – March 19th, 1999); North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks (April – May 1999); … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, Collections
Tagged art, artist, artist book, artists books, Books, Claire Van Vliet, collections, exhibition catalog, landscape, prints, Special Collections, university of tulsa
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H.M.S. Digby -WWI Era Photographs
During World War I, armed merchant cruisers of the British navy were used as a form of protection for the larger warships. This was the case for the navy vessel H.M.S. Digby which served as a commercial liner but was … Continue reading
ABC of Bugs and Plants in a Northern Garden
Judy Sgantas book ABC of Bugs and Plants in a Northern Garden main focus is about garden pests and plants, specifically focusing on what attracts and repels them. There are definitions for each plant and insect including both the standard … Continue reading
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Tagged alphabet, art, artist, artists books, black and white, Books, bugs, color, garden, gardener, Illustrations, Judy Sgantas, plants, roman capital letters, Special Collections
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Edith Nesbit archive
We here at Special Collections and University Archives at The University of Tulsa McFarlin Library are pleased to announce that the Edith Nesbit archive has been fully reprocessed and is now better organized and more easily accessible to patrons. Edith … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, literature
Tagged author, british author, children's literature, edith nesbit, hubert bland
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Motion Picture Archive
The very first motion pictures can be accredited to the Lumiere brothers, who would hold public screenings of short films in Paris around the year 1895. Film production companies were quickly appearing all over the world because of the way … Continue reading