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Tag Archives: Literature
The Stephen Crane Collection
One of my favorite things to do is catalog our unprocessed collections, creating a finding aid by describing each item in each folder in each box of a particular collection…it’s often tedious, but nerd that I am, I often love … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General
Tagged author, Books, history, Literature, newspapers, Special Collections, Stephen Crane
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Bibliographic Curios–Picture Edition
Book are the magical portals where we create our own adventures without ever leaving the reading nook. Books often contain beautiful works of art, but have you ever stopped to think about the book itself as a work of art? Not just … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, literature
Tagged art, Books, fine printing, Illustrations, Literature
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Bibliographic Curios–Mini Edition
It is a safe assumption that people who work in a library love books of many different sizes, shapes, colors, and textures, even smells! The books of the Special Collections Department are a treat of old, rare, and unique books … Continue reading
The Gertrude Stein Stein
As you may already know, the Special Collections Department houses a number of interesting objects. These objects are tucked away on the shelves with thousands of manuscripts, letters, and books. There is a lot of variety among these objects, we … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, literature, Uncategorized
Tagged Gertrude Stein, Literature, Puns
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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
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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Our Claw-some Cat Collections
McFarlin Special Collection and University Archives houses many author’s personal papers and manuscripts. Recently I discovered that a popular topic amongst writers was their interest in cats. The first author that came to mind when I thought about this close-knitted … Continue reading
Mildred Darby–Anglo-Irish novelist
Mildred Darby started out life as Mildred Henrietta Gordon Dill and grew up in England. She married Jonathan Darby in 1889 and moved to Leap Castle, located in Coolderry, County Offaly, in Ireland. As Mildred settled into life in an … Continue reading
Posted in General, gothic, Great Irish famine, History, literature, occult
Tagged Books, history, Irish Civil War, Leap Castle, Literature, occult, spiritualism
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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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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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