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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
Tag Archives: history
Back to School Time
September brings the end of the summer, which means the first taste of cooler weather and back to school time for kids and adults alike. Schools everywhere have evolved from small, rudimentary places which only a few were able to … Continue reading
Oklahoma State Highway Commission papers, 1960-1974
By Caitlin Berry, Intern This semester as part of my internship with Special Collections, I chose to work on the Oklahoma State Highway Commission papers, 1960-1974. I chose to work on this collection because it provided me the opportunity to … Continue reading
Harlan I. Smith Anthropology and Archaeology collection
Anthropology is a branch of the social sciences that is dedicated to the study of human societies and cultures and their development. The field of anthropology is split into specific sub-categories that address different areas of the field of study. … Continue reading
Negro Directory, approximately 1910
Last week, TU’s Department of Special Collections acquired a list of people’s names, written in pencil in Staple and Fine Groceries account book labeled, also in pencil “Negro directory”. Many have notations about the person, and often have street addresses. … Continue reading
A Cry from the Middle Passage
The Department of Special Collections and University Archives recently acquired a copy of A Cry from the Middle Passage; or the Act of 1846, and its Effects on the Slave Trade. London: Seeleys, 1850. To try to explain the importance … Continue reading
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is the only person to win both a Booker Prize and an Oscar. During her lifetime she wrote a dozen novels, 23 screenplays, and numerous collections of short stories. In 2002, she was granted a joint fellowship … Continue reading
Bert Hebbes WWI Letters archive, Coll No. 2007.017
Post by intern Tracy Ashby In 2007, the Department of Special Collections acquired a collection of letters that belonged to Bert Hebbes, a British Rifleman during the First World War. The Bert Hebbes WWI Letters archive, Coll No. 2007.017 is … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, Great War, history, War, World War I, World War One
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Alice Welford WWI photograph album and military nursing lecture journal, 1911-1918
As has been discussed before, the Alice Welford archive is available for research. It has been recently reprocessed to take advantage of the new ArchivesSpace Archival Catalog we are now using. Please take a look at it, if you are … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Digital Collections, Medicine, World War I
Tagged collections, Great War, history, manuscripts, photographs, World War I, World War One, WWI
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McFarlin Fellows Dinner: Une soirée avec Martin Walker
This past Thursday, February 22nd, the Special Collections department and McFarlin Fellows hosted the first guest lecture of spring two-thousand and eighteen. The McFarlin Fellows are an integral group of donors with whom Special Collections works closely to purchase new … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Collections, Events, Fellows Events, General, literature, News, Popular Culture
Tagged acquisitions, artists books, Books, collections, events, fellows speakers, general, history, Libraries, library, Literature, popular culture, Special Collections, Tulsa, university of tulsa
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Dr. Guy Logsdon: A lasting impact
On Friday, February 5th, the person responsible for making McFarlin Special Collections what is it today, passed away at 83. Dr. Guy Logsdon was internationally recognized as an authority on Woody Guthrie, as well as Oklahoma history, and an early … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, art, artists books, Guy Logsdon, history, Oklahoma, popular culture, Special Collections, Tulsa
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