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New Acquisition: James Joyce’s “The Dead” illustrated by Robert Berry

Posted on 2014 September 10 by Carlos Acosta

The University of Tulsa and the McFarlin Library’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives would like to announce the acquisition of a new edition of James Joyce’s short story “The Dead.” “The Dead” is the final short story in … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition: Spenser’s Minor Poems

Posted on 2014 May 30 by James Tindle

Special Collections is pleased to announce the acquisition of a beautiful collection of poems: The Minor Poems of Edmund Spenser. Published by Ashendene Press in 1925, the book contains The Shepheardes Calender, Compaints, Daphnaida, Colin Clovts Come Home Again, Amoretti, Hymnes, and other … Continue reading →

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Dean Alexander Featured in Studio Tulsa Interview

Posted on 2014 March 5 by James Tindle

In a previous post, we mentioned that Special Collections had recently acquired a rare and beautiful copy of Eric Gill’s The Four Gospels. On March 4, Studio Tulsa’s Rich Fisher interviewed Adrian Alexander, Robert M. and Ida McFarlin Dean of … Continue reading →

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New Dime Novels at Special Collections

Posted on 2013 December 16 by Carlos Acosta

The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives would like to announce the acquisition of two new dime novels to our holdings. Dime novels are a staple of American popular culture, and the precursors of today’s mass … Continue reading →

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New Art Piece in McFarlin Library

Posted on 2013 November 21 by Carlos Acosta

The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives is proud to announce the display of the piece titled Peoria Avenue #7 by TU faculty member Mark Lewis. Professor Lewis, a graduate from the Kansas City Art Institute … Continue reading →

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Dr. Samuel G. Kennedy Scrapbook

Posted on 2013 November 15 by James Tindle

In 1891, Dr. Samuel Kennedy and his brother, Dr. James Kennedy, came to the Oklahoma Territory, which had recently opened for settlement, and set up a medical practice in the fledgling Village of Tulsa. The young doctors became the pioneer … Continue reading →

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Recent Photographic Acquisition

Posted on 2013 November 6 by Carlos Acosta

The history of race relations in Tulsa is extensive. Events ranging from the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921, which resulted in the obliteration of one of the wealthiest African-American communities in the United States at the time, to the recent … Continue reading →

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New Acquisition: “The “Knights of Liberty” mob and the I.W.W. Prisoners at Tulsa, Okla.

Posted on 2013 August 2 by Marc Carlson

In 1917, the United Stated entered the Great War, and the Bolshevik revolution in Russia had a number of ripple effects throughout American society, ultimately culminating in the Red Scare of 1919-1921. In Oklahoma, this highly patriotic anti-radicalism took several … Continue reading →

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Exciting New Acquisition: Helen Halloran Photographs

Posted on 2013 July 19 by Carlos Acosta

The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives is delighted to announce the acquisition of a collection of photographs by Helen Halloran. Born Helen Zimmerman, Halloran worked for Harris and Ewing Photographers in Washington, D.C. In 1945, … Continue reading →

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Winter Poetry

Posted on 2013 February 1 by KristinaRosenthal

Although Oklahoma’s Winter weather is amazingly diverse, having 70 degree weather one day and 30 degrees the next, most of the United States is “enjoying” very cold, snowy, and sometimes dreary winter days. In the cold and dreariness of winter … Continue reading →

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