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Category Archives: History
Alice Welford WW1 photograph album and military nursing lecture journal
Did you know that you can access some of our collections without leaving your computer? We are adding items to our digital materials archive daily. Some digital items are stand alone, while others are parts of larger collections. Today, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Digital Collections, General, History, McFarlin Library, scrapbook, World War I
Tagged collections, Gibraltar, Malta, nurse, personal archive, Salonika, scrapbook, World War 1, WW1
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Wedding Time!
Kelsey, my fabulous co-GA, happens to be getting married this weekend, so I want to make a ‘toast’ by looking at wedding themed materials in our collection. It has been far too many years since my own wedding, so it … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, History
Tagged art, collections, photographs, weddings
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Taking an X-Ray of the Liberty Bell
My current project in the Special Collections Department has involved the processing of material related to the International Petroleum Exposition (the IPE). The IPE occurred in Tulsa at various intervals between 1923 and 1979. I plan on writing a celebratory … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, History
Tagged 1975, bell, cinder blocks, Independence Hall, International Petroleum Exposition, IPE, Liberty Bell, National Park, Tulsa, x-ray
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Tulsa Through the Years
I have lived in Tulsa for just over five months now, with four of those months being focused on Special Collections, McFarlin, and TU in general. This has not left very much time to explore the city, but what I … Continue reading
The Journal of the USS Paulding
One of our collections consists of only a journal. This journal is a small, green, cloth-bound book and it’s chock full of writing. The USS Paulding was a destroyer active through World War 1, and this book documents her daily … Continue reading
Posted in General, History, World War I
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Love and War Part 2
Love and War introduced Lieutenant Edward Brown and his written courtship of Leila Claribel Owens. Part 1 let us peer into his mind as he poured out his love for Leila during his military service in Europe. For Part 2, we … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Uncategorized, World War I
Tagged collections, Great War, World War I, World War One, WWI
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Love and War Part 1
I imagine that few people ever anticipate that their personal letters will eventually end up in a library or an archive for anyone to see. I have been processing the Edward L. Brown Archive, which consists primarily of letters between … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, World War I
Tagged collections, correspondence, Great War, World War I, World War One, WWI
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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
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1919: Versailles and the Aftermath
Special Collections at McFarlin Library has a new exhibit about the final year of World War I. 1919: Versailles and the Aftermath explores the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, the significance of the League of Nations, and what happened … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, McFarlin Library, World War I
Tagged 1919, exhibit, treaty of versailles, World War I
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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