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Tag Archives: correspondence
The Tulsa Women’s Club Collection
Continuing with our theme of covering Women’s History Month, this post is about a little archive of the Tulsa Women’s Club. I found that it hadn’t been digitized at all yet, so I scanned as many items as I could during … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, History
Tagged charity, club, collections, community service, correspondence, general, letters, Literature, Oklahoma, oklahoma women, photographs, Tulsa, Tulsa Women's Club, women
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Rich British Socialites
Happy holidays everyone! Today is the last day of work before Christmas break after what has been easily the most difficult semester of my entire academic career! I am looking forward to seeing at least some family for Christmas as … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History
Tagged Books, british author, British society, correspondence, friends, London, novels, socialites, Women Author
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Pawnee Bill and Collections Acquisitions
I am so excited to be back at work in the Special Collections department! I hope everyone has had an enjoyable summer. My husband and I bought a house, so Tulsa is officially home for me! We also celebrated our … Continue reading
Authorial Adventures and a Publisher’s Prowess
As Kelsey mentioned last week, McFarlin Special Collections contains a large number of letters and manuscripts from a variety of authors. These collections document both the most mundane aspects of life and the most important moments and they range in … Continue reading
Love and War Part 1
I imagine that few people ever anticipate that their personal letters will eventually end up in a library or an archive for anyone to see. I have been processing the Edward L. Brown Archive, which consists primarily of letters between … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, World War I
Tagged collections, correspondence, Great War, World War I, World War One, WWI
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Dennis Banks, and the Wounded Knee Occupation
On Sunday, October 29, 2017, the world said goodbye to Dennis James Banks. Dennis Banks, alongside Clyde and Vernon Bellacourt, helped establish the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the 1960s to protest against the treatment of Native Americans. His character … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Collections, History
Tagged acquisitions, collections, correspondence, history, Indian Territory, Native Americans, Tulsa
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Updated Digital Collections: Fall 2017
The University of Tulsa Department of Special Collections and University Archives is well known for our effort to make collections easily accessible to the public. We are currently in the process of adding the Charles Alfred Bredin Collection (2001.020) to … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Collections, Digital Collections, Events, Exhibits, History, World War I
Tagged acquisitions, collections, correspondence, exhibit, history, photographs, Tulsa, tulsa race riot, War, World War One, WWI
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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
Posted in Collections, Digital Collections, History, World War I
Tagged collections, correspondence, history, letters, Libraries, library, Oklahoma, Tulsa, World War I, World War One
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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
Posted in Collections, News, World War II
Tagged collections, correspondence, history, WWII
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