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Monthly Archives: April 2017
Tulsa Women’s Club Papers
Women’s Club Movement: At the start of the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries, clubs founded and patronized by women and intended for women were increasing in popularity and influence across the United States. At a … Continue reading
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Tagged club, collections, history, Oklahoma, philanthropy, Tulsa, women
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
It has been nearly 3 weeks since Yevgeny Yevtushenko passed away in Tulsa. I tried to take several of his classes as an undergraduate student but by the time I was able to register they were always already full. This … Continue reading
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Tagged poetry, Russian literature, Soviet Union, Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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McFarlin Fellows Dinner: An Evening with Tim Blake Nelson
This past Thursday, April 6th, the Special Collections department and McFarlin Fellows hosted the last dinner and reception for the 2016-2017 year. The evening started off promptly at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails and conversation in the Faculty Study Lounge. Following … Continue reading
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Tagged events, fellows speakers
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Early Women Writers: Baroness Emmuska Orczy
The Scarlet Pimpernel is the ingenious work by Hungarian born Baroness Emmuska Orczy. Though a relatively unknown work of fiction, the Scarlet Pimpernel is the ancestor of the modern superhero. A would be hero disguises his true identity, confounds evil … Continue reading
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The BOOM days: Prosperity and Pain in Each Barrel of Crude
Not to worry–this exhibit is not a mad-dog, environmentalist commentary on the evils of the petroleum industry! What it is, is a glimpse into the life of the oil field worker during the early days of the oil boom–in … Continue reading
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