Daily Archives: 2016 March 30

New acquisition, Jack C. Rea library of Science Fiction

Posted on 2016 March 30 by Marc Carlson

The staff recently began moving in the Jack C. Rea Library of Science Fiction, approximately 81 linear feet of hard cover first editions and first bound editions of the works of Science Fiction authors from the 1930s to the 1990s.  … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma, Where Green Grow the Lilacs and the Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Plain

Posted on 2016 March 30 by Anna Petross

Born in 1899 near the small Oklahoma town of Claremore, Rollie Lynn Riggs, better known as Lynn Riggs, was an American author, playwright, and poet. Of Cherokee descent, Riggs wrote 21 plays, several short stories, a television script, and several … Continue reading →

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