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Tag Archives: exhibit
Now on Display: Life in the Circus
McFarlin Library Special Collections is proud to announce our first physical exhibit since March 2020 titled “Life in the Circus”. Graduate students from the Museum Science and Management program designed and implemented the exhibit this past semester. The exhibit focuses … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus, exhibit, Oklahoma, posters, Special Collections
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American Glass: Bohemia, The Great Depression, Mid Century, and Beyond
Special Collections is pleased to announce the new exhibit about American glass. Glass has been produced in a myriad of shapes, colors, sizes, and textures across the globe. From the most practical, mundane glass in everyday use to the most … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, exhibit, glass, Special Collections
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1919: Versailles and the Aftermath
Special Collections at McFarlin Library has a new exhibit about the final year of World War I. 1919: Versailles and the Aftermath explores the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, the significance of the League of Nations, and what happened … Continue reading
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Tagged 1919, exhibit, treaty of versailles, World War I
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Artist’s Books: Challenging Norms & Forms
Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Tulsa McFarlin Library is pleased to announce our new Winter 2019 exhibit, Artist’s Books: Challenging Norms & Forms. Artist’s books are works that challenge the traditional idea of what a book is. … Continue reading
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Tagged artist book, artist's book, Books, exhibit, sculptural objects
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The War at Home – Tulsa in the World War
In the first week of April, 1917, the United States finally entered the World War, in response to not only of the German determination to return to unrestricted submarine warfare, but also the continual espionage against United States industry by … Continue reading
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Tagged exhibit, Great War, Tulsa, World War I, World War One, WWI, WWII
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Special Collections New Acquisitions
Every six months or so, our Special Collections Librarian I. Marc Carlson compiles a list of all our new acquisitions. Within this list, everything is included, from single items, to entire collections, and even additions to collections we already house. … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Boy Scouts, Collections, cooking, History, Hours, McFarlin Library, News
Tagged Aquisitions, Bank, Boy Scouts, Cookbooks, Cooking, Display, exhibit, New
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Historic Cookbooks in the TU Collections
Cookbooks, receipt books, and household manuals are far more than just the gatherings of recipes that we usually think of them as. They offer a look into their culture’s means of nutrition, histories, manners, and morals often through fascinating commentaries … Continue reading
World War I Stereocard Collection
This semester the Art History department offered a course titled Cultural Reactions to War in the 20th Century. The class studied painting, posters, music, poetry, prose, and films that were all created in reaction to WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam … Continue reading
Muriel Spark announcement
Some good news for work. We will be lending the National Library of Scotland the manuscripts of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Driver’s Seat for their Centenary exhibit, “The International Style of Muriel Spark” on display from … Continue reading
Canadian Official War Record – Lantern Slides
The University of Tulsa Department of Special Collections and University Archives is well-known for its World War collections. We currently have an exhibit on World War I, so I began to browse our storage room to familiarize myself with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, collections, exhibit, history, library, War, World War I
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