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Monthly Archives: April 2016
University negatives update
Special Collections has been working hard to digitize our immense archive of university negatives from the 1940s through the 1960s. It’s quite a collection, and includes cherished buildings, lawn parties on the Old U, images of North Campus in the … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Collections
Tagged 1940s, 1950s, mens swim team, negatives, photographs, the university of tulsa, university archives
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Alice Welford Archive
In 2010, the Department of Special Collections acquired a nursing journal and photograph album that belonged to Sister Alice Welford, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, during the First World War. The Alice Welford Archive. Coll No. 2010.064 has … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History
Tagged Great War, history, nurses, photographs, World War I, World War One, WWI
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New Acquisition
The Department of Special Collections has received this recently published booklet. Lucy London, Women Casualties of the Great War in Military Cemeteries. Volume 1: Belgium and France. (D628.W66 2016). This is the first of an expected series that will record … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions
Tagged acquisitions, Great War, history, memorials, nurses, World War I, World War One, WWI
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More than Winnie the Pooh
The University of Tulsa Special Collections has several early editions of A.A. Milne’s children’s books, including a facsimile of Milne’s Winnie the Pooh manuscript. These charming and enduring characters are Milne’s most popular and … Continue reading
Posted in literature, Uncategorized
Tagged a.a. milne, Books, children's books, christopher robin, Literature, winnie the pooh
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The Book Detektive – A one-volume police force
Not a typo—The Book Detektive by Beach Cooke and Christopher Morley is a funny little package one of our students discovered in our uncataloged section recently. Produced in 1938, it was likely intended as a lighthearted miniature lending library system. It … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History
Tagged home lending library, the book detektive, uncataloged
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New Acquisition: The White Road to Verdun
The McFarlin Special Collections and University Archive recently acquired a 1916 edition of The White Road to Verdun by Kathleen Burke (D640.B88 1916 Undrz). Very little biographical information is known about Burke besides what she reveals in her recollections as a … Continue reading
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Spring 2016 Fellows Dinner and Rachel Kushner
Last evening, the 7th of April, the McFarlin Library Fellows gathered for the last Fellows Dinner of the 2015-2016 year. Cocktails and conversation were enjoyed on the Albert Plaza before all enjoyed the culinary delights of Executive Chef Tim Anderson. … Continue reading
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Historical photograph of the Space Shuttle Enterprise
As Department of Special Collections and University Archives is currently organizing the Arkansas Basin Development Association collection [Coll. No. 1991.007], Jennifer Carlson, a MSM Graduate Student intern chanced upon an image, originally on a 35mm slide, of the Space Shuttle Enterprise being barged along … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History, News
Tagged ABDA, Arkansas Basin Development Association, aviation, history, photographs
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Christine Kermaire’s Schengen’s Kit
Special Collections has recently acquired an artist book created by Christine Kermaire. Schengen’s Kit: Rules and advices for survival of refugees at sea was inspired by Kermaire’s experiences while on a boat in Greece during the summer and fall of … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Collections
Tagged art book, artist book, christine kermaire, refugee, schengen's kit
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