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- McFarlin Library: A View from the Top | From McFarlin Tower on McFarlin Library blueprints are now available online
- Updated Digital Collections: Fall 2017 | From McFarlin Tower on World War I: 1917 – The Yanks are Coming exhibit
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Category Archives: McFarlin Library
Sherlockiana: the infatuation with Sherlock Holmes
Throughout recent history, people always seem to be intrigued with mystery. Whether it’s a simple mystery of who ate the last cookie, when one child still has crumbs on their face, or a complex mystery that takes story-boards and focus … Continue reading
Special Collections New Acquisitions
Every six months or so, our Special Collections Librarian I. Marc Carlson compiles a list of all our new acquisitions. Within this list, everything is included, from single items, to entire collections, and even additions to collections we already house. … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Boy Scouts, Collections, cooking, History, Hours, McFarlin Library, News
Tagged Aquisitions, Bank, Boy Scouts, Cookbooks, Cooking, Display, exhibit, New
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Dr. Guy Logsdon: A lasting impact
On Friday, February 5th, the person responsible for making McFarlin Special Collections what is it today, passed away at 83. Dr. Guy Logsdon was internationally recognized as an authority on Woody Guthrie, as well as Oklahoma history, and an early … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Collections, General, McFarlin Library, News, Popular Culture
Tagged acquisitions, art, artists books, Guy Logsdon, history, Oklahoma, popular culture, Special Collections, Tulsa
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The Unfortunates: a tale that you design yourself!
Books have always been one of our favorite things. They can be read for leisure, for education, to put a child to sleep, to escape reality, and to discover new worlds. And they can come in so many different … Continue reading
Posted in literature, McFarlin Library, Uncategorized
Tagged arrange, book in a box, Books, bsjohnson, the unfortunates, un-bound
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Christmas Cards from the Past
Christmas celebrations have been around for hundreds of years. They can be found all around the world, and differ from place to place. They range from fireworks, to parades, to concerts, to more personal celebrations such as family get-togethers. But … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Holiday, McFarlin Library
Tagged cards, celebrations, Christmas, Fred Graves, Jean Rhys, robert frost, sentiment, T.S. Eliot
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Our Claw-some Cat Collections
McFarlin Special Collection and University Archives houses many author’s personal papers and manuscripts. Recently I discovered that a popular topic amongst writers was their interest in cats. The first author that came to mind when I thought about this close-knitted … Continue reading
The forgotten heroes: Dogs as soldiers
This November 11th marks the 91st official Armistice Day, better known as Veteran’s Day. The holiday dates back to November 11th, 1926, when Congress adopted a resolution in the summer of that year, requesting that the President honor the day … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Events, Exhibits, History, Holiday, Hours, McFarlin Library, News, World War I, World War II
Tagged Dogs, Man's best friend, soldiers, Special Collections, Veteran's Day, WW1, WW2
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Bobo the Clown and Circus Fascination
Most people have heard of Bozo the Clown, but what about Bobo the Clown? Chester “Bobo” Barnett was a clown throughout much of the 1900s, with his career starting in about 1920 and ending in about 1970. One of the … Continue reading
Alexandre Hogue, 1898-1994
We had very special guests this weekend at the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. A group from ZCZ Films, a UK film company, was commissioned by the BBC to produce a three part series on American Art. The … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, artwork, Collections, Events, History, Hours, McFarlin Library, News, World War II
Tagged acquisitions, art, artists, collections, history, hours, Oklahoma, photographs, texas, Tulsa, university of tulsa, WWII
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Canadian Official War Record – Lantern Slides
The University of Tulsa Department of Special Collections and University Archives is well-known for its World War collections. We currently have an exhibit on World War I, so I began to browse our storage room to familiarize myself with the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Events, Exhibits, History, Hours, McFarlin Library, World War I
Tagged Canada, collections, exhibit, history, library, War, World War I
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