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- McFarlin Library: A View from the Top | From McFarlin Tower on McFarlin Library blueprints are now available online
- Updated Digital Collections: Fall 2017 | From McFarlin Tower on World War I: 1917 – The Yanks are Coming exhibit
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko | From McFarlin Tower on Where did TU’s Picasso go?
- The Great War / World War I collections | From McFarlin Tower on Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg Collection
- Some new WWI Digital Collections uploads. | From McFarlin Tower on Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg Collection
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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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Perry Douglas Erwin letters
McFarlin Library Special Collections and University Archives has an extensive World War I Collection. Our department has been collecting World War I material since the 1970s with the acquisition of hundreds of unit histories and other books comprising the original … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, correspondence, history, letters, Libraries, library, Oklahoma, Tulsa, World War I, World War One
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Some new WWI Digital Collections uploads.
As part of our ongoing efforts to make our World War I holdings available online, the Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg diary and photograph albums have been added to our digital collections. These can be seen as a single collection at this … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, exhibit, Great War, gruenberg, Tulsa, World War I, World War One, WWI
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Elizabeth Jennings – 20th Century British Poet
Elizabeth Jennings was a British poet from the twentieth century. She spent most of her life in Oxford England and was educated at St. Anne’s College. For a few years she worked in advertising, libraries, and publishing, then devoted all … Continue reading
Georgette Heyer
Georgette Heyer was an early to mid-twentieth century British author credited with the creation of the regency romance genre. She also wrote several works in the mystery and historical fiction genres. Heyer’s novels were popular to her contemporaries, though far … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, Georgette Heyer, letters, Literature
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Andre Deutsch Collection
The Andre Deutsch collection [Coll. No. 1988.013] is one of the largest in Special Collections and University Archives. It contains editorial, production, and publicity files for approximately 2000 books published by the Andre Deutsch London firm. Most of the folders … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, correspondence, history, WWII
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The Weird and Wonky: the stuff you didn’t know we had in the Special Collections and Archives
For the start of the 2017 semester the Graduate Assistants (Jennifer Murphy, Amanda Vestal, and Hannah Johnson), at the McFarlin Library Special Collections and Archives, have created an exhibit which features some of the stranger items in our collections. Over … Continue reading
Tulsa Municipal Airport Ledgers
McFarlin Special Collections and University Archives is home to many objects related to Tulsa and Oklahoma history. Many of these are part of the Oklahoma Collection (Coll. 2006.012) and provide insight into the vibrant history of the state. Part of … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, Amelia Earhart, aviation, Charles Lindberg, collections, history, Tulsa, Wiley Post
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Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg Collection
Special Collections and University Archives is well-known for its World War I materials. The Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg (1991-008) collection consists of personal ephemera and photographs of Private 1st Class Hugo August “Hap” Gruenberg of Ambulance Company 167, 117th Sanitary Train, … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, gruenberg, history, Tulsa, World War I, WWI
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The Charles King Library
General Charles King (1844-1933) was an American author who spent most of his life in the military. A graduate of West Point, he served in the Army until he was wounded at the Battle of Sunset Pass during the Yavapai War. … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Charles King, collections, Literature, Native Americans, World War I, World War One, WWI
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