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Category Archives: News
I.33, The Illustrated Fightbook acquisition
[I.33 : the illuminated fightbook : Royal Armouries manuscript I.33]. [London : Extraordinary Editions, 2013] (U860 .R69 2013 Oversize). Several years ago, The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections chose to be a sponsor for a facsimile … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, artwork, News
Tagged facsimile, fechtbuch, fightbook, i.33, medieval, middle ages
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World War I class project.
Dr. Jeff Drouin’s English 3733 class, on World War I has been engaged in a project this semester, examining some of the holdings of World War I materials held by this department. The students have completed their exhibits of WWI … Continue reading
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
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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Great War Poetry reading
McFarlin is proud to host a reading of World War I poems by British poets Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, and Wilfred Owen on Thursday, November 15 at 7pm in the Ann and Jack Graves Faculty Study. On Thursday, November 15th … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News
Tagged collections, poetry, Rupert Hart-Davis, Seigfried Sassoon, War, World War I, World War One, WWI, WWII
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When posters went to war
The students in Dr. Kirsten Olds’ course Art History 4803 “Cultural Responses to War in the 20th Century” this semester have been working with Marc Carlson and the staff at Special Collections to mount an exhibition in the reading room … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, News
Tagged exhibit, Great War, posters, propogranda, War, World War I, World War One, WWI
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McFarlin Fellows Welcome Joli Jensen
Joli Jensen serves as the Hazel Rogers Endowed Chair in Communication at The University of Tulsa. This fall she will be the inaugural Henneke Academic Writing Fellow for 2012-2014, designing and implementing a writing support program for TU faculty. She … Continue reading
Abbreviated Hours
In accordance with the university’s early dismissal granted by President Upham, the department will close at 3:00pm on Thursday, October 11. University offices will close at 3:00 to alleviate parking difficulties ahead of the nationally televised football game against the … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Stevie Smith!
On Thursday, September 20th at 7pm, the McFarlin Library will host a poetry reading featuring the works of Stevie Smith. Come hear Smith’s work being performed by local actors as well as audio of Smith reading her own poetry. This … Continue reading
KWGS on House of Earth
In connection with the recently announced impending publication of Woody Guthrie’s 1947 novel House of Earth, the manuscript of which is housed in Special Collections here, Marc Carlson, Librarian of Special Collections and University Archives was interviewed this morning on … Continue reading
