Tag Archives: acquisitions

New acquisition: Hard Times punk fanzine

Posted on 2016 November 8 by Jennifer Donner

Special Collections has newly acquired Hard Times, a punk fanzine that was published in Maywood, New Jersey. The magazine was focused on the punk rock scene of New York City that featured letters, interviews, pictorials, and cartoons. The original run of the … Continue reading →

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New Collection: Laura E. Hudson Petroleum and Geology Teaching Aid

Posted on 2016 September 27 by Hannah Johnson

This week the University of Tulsa Special Collections and Archives received a new collection from Laura E. Hudson. This collection consists of 115 handmade illustrated petroleum and geology flash cards. These cards were used by the Amoco Oil training center … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition: The Apple Tree

Posted on 2016 June 16 by Jennifer Donner

McFarlin Library Special Collections has acquired a new addition to our Cherokee language collection. The Apple Tree (PZ7.1.T437 2015), written by Cherokee author Sandy Tharp-Thee and  illustrated by Oklahoma artist Marlena Campbell Hodson, is a children’s book in English and Cherokee that … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition

Posted on 2016 April 28 by Marc Carlson

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 →

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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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New Acquisition (just in time for tornado season).

Posted on 2016 March 23 by Marc Carlson

This week the department of Special Collections and University Archives has acquired a set of 24 cabinet card mounted photographs mostly taken in Indian and Oklahoma Territories and generally of Native American related subjects. The collection was assembled by Esther … Continue reading →

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I, Libertine–Fake book and literary hoax

Posted on 2015 October 2 by Jennifer Donner

During a recent staff meeting at McFarlin Library Special Collections and University Archives, the topic of fake books and literary hoaxes came up. The one fake book that grabbed everyone’s attention was “I, Libertine” by Frederick R. Ewing. This book … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition

Posted on 2015 September 17 by Marc Carlson

Confederate Veterans Encampment Photographs, 2015.056 Between 24 and 27 September 1918 the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma hosted a Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, and other affiliated organizations. This reunion was an important milestone for the city, with the city … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition

Posted on 2015 August 21 by Marc Carlson

One of our most recent acquisitions is the Barbara Santee archive of Oklahoma woman’s reproductive rights and ancillary materials. Briefly stated, this is a record of over forty years of the politics of women’s reproductive rights in Oklahoma. As yet … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition: Report from the Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen”

Posted on 2014 November 21 by AJ McIntosh

The “Report from the Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen on three Moravian church missions to Native Americans including a brief section on their work among the Cherokee Indians in Arkansas, said evangelizing work … Continue reading →

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