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Tag Archives: Books
The Joyce of Cooking
Due to TU Special Collection’s vast amount of materials in the James Joyce collection, I find it only fitting that I introduce a cook book about James Joyce’s Dublin. The Joyce of Cooking written in 1986 by Alison Armstrong is … Continue reading
Collections Find- Civil War Era Children’s Primers
After being away from the Collections all summer it was nice to be able to peruse the Special Collections stacks again. I can always discover something new when looking through the bookshelves and archive boxes. This week … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History
Tagged Books, children's books, civil war, collections, education, history
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New Acquisition: The Apple Tree
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
Posted in Acquisitions, Collections
Tagged acquisitions, Books, Cherokee Language, collections, J.B. Milam, Native Americans, Oklahoma author
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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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New acquisition, Jack C. Rea library of Science Fiction
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
Posted in Acquisitions, literature, Popular Culture
Tagged acquisitions, Books, collections, Libraries, library, Literature, popular culture, Science Fiction
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Proper Etiquette at TU Special Collections
Browsing the shelves on the fifth floor of the University of Tulsa’s Special Collections, I found a little 4 ½ inch blue covered book titled True politeness: A hand-book of etiquette for ladies. The author attribution is “by an American … Continue reading
New Acquisitions: YA Author and TU Grad Lindsay Smith
Special Collections has recently acquired three books written and signed by YA author and 2005 TU graduate Lindsay Smith. Sekret and Skandal are a two-part series about Soviet teenagers in the 1960s with paranormal and psychic powers recruited to work for intelligence … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, literature
Tagged Books, cold war, Fantasy, lindsay smith, paranormal, russia, spies, tu graduate, ussr, ya, young adult
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Edwardian Flirtations for Valentine’s Day
A charming glimpse into frivolous Edwardian literature and society is the small chapbook (a cheap publication intended to be thrown away) titled New Book of Flirtations: No. 18. Containing the Language of Postage Stamps All the Secret Signs, Insinuations, Invitations … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History, Holiday, Popular Culture
Tagged Books, collections, Edwardian, flirtations, Literature
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TU Speaks the Flower Language
The Special Collections at the University of Tulsa contains many works about myriad of subjects. I have discovered many interesting volumes when browsing the shelves. The most recent finds are three small tomes regarding the meanings and symbolism associated with … Continue reading
Once Upon a Time at the University of Tulsa
Most Americans are familiar with the traditional western European tales–mainly from the works authored, compiled, and translated by the Grimm brothers, Hans Christian Anderson, Charles Perrault, and Andrew Lang. Fairy tales are evident in almost every culture around the world. … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, collections, fairy tale, Fantasy, Literature
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