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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: History
J.A.C. Colston WWI diaries.
During World War I, the use of trenches was common for both sides of the fighting. The conditions in the trenches were poor, they were often dirty, wet and cold and the toilets commonly overflowed causing medical problems such as … Continue reading
Posted in History, Medicine, World War I
Tagged diary, World War, World War I, World War II, WW1, WW2
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William Rider Canadian War Photographs
In World War I, there were significant battles that would change the course of the war. One of the most important was the battle of Vimy Ridge which was captured by Canadian armed forces in 1917. Vimy Ridge was essential … Continue reading
WWI Reconnaissance Photographs
November 11th, 2018 marks the centenary of the end of World War I. The Great War was one of the deadliest conflicts in history due to new technologies and industrial developments, with a great deal of trench warfare. It is … Continue reading
Walt Whitman
In 1952, Tulsa businessman Rush Greenslade and group called the Tulsa Bibliophiles deposited with McFarlin Library a large collection of Walt Whitman books, and ephemera, creating the first ‘rare book room’ in the library. This was in the north wing … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History, literature, News
Tagged collections, photographs, Special Collections, Walt Whitman, Whitman
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Negro Directory, approximately 1910
Last week, TU’s Department of Special Collections acquired a list of people’s names, written in pencil in Staple and Fine Groceries account book labeled, also in pencil “Negro directory”. Many have notations about the person, and often have street addresses. … Continue reading
A Cry from the Middle Passage
The Department of Special Collections and University Archives recently acquired a copy of A Cry from the Middle Passage; or the Act of 1846, and its Effects on the Slave Trade. London: Seeleys, 1850. To try to explain the importance … Continue reading
Tulsa Municipal Airport Ledger books
On August 28, 1963, Tulsa’s airport name was changed from Tulsa Municipal Airport to Tulsa International Airport. Today marks the 55th anniversary of the switch. TIA has gone through many changes and renovations over the years, but it started as … Continue reading
Bert Hebbes WWI Letters archive, Coll No. 2007.017
Post by intern Tracy Ashby In 2007, the Department of Special Collections acquired a collection of letters that belonged to Bert Hebbes, a British Rifleman during the First World War. The Bert Hebbes WWI Letters archive, Coll No. 2007.017 is … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, Great War, history, War, World War I, World War One
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Alice Welford WWI photograph album and military nursing lecture journal, 1911-1918
As has been discussed before, the Alice Welford archive is available for research. It has been recently reprocessed to take advantage of the new ArchivesSpace Archival Catalog we are now using. Please take a look at it, if you are … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Digital Collections, Medicine, World War I
Tagged collections, Great War, history, manuscripts, photographs, World War I, World War One, WWI
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1918: Pandemic exhibit now open
The University of Tulsa Department of Special Collections and University Archives has opened a new exhibit for the summer of 2018 titled 1918: Pandemic. This exhibit focuses on 1918, the final year of World War I. With American troops joining the … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, World War I
Tagged 1918, armistice, influenza, pandemic, russian revolution, the great war, western front, World War I, WWI
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