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Tag Archives: Modernism
Women in War
March is Women’s History Month and Kelsey and I want to celebrate it like we did Black History Month. We hope you enjoy virtually exploring our collections featuring women over the coming weeks. Our department has a well-known, thorough holding … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History, scrapbook, World War I
Tagged collections, Great War, history, Modernism, nurse, photographs, women, World War I, World War One, WWI, WWII
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Tulsa and the Art Deco Scene
The oil boom of the 1920s put Tulsa on the map at roughly the same time that a brand new design style began to appear. This description from the Encyclopedia Britannica sums it up quite nicely, I think. Art Deco … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged architecture, art deco, graphic design, history, Modernism, photographs, Tulsa, tulsa municipal airport
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Ernest Hemingway Ephemera
Who hasn’t seen For Whom the Bell Tolls or read The Old Man and the Sea at some point in their life? Ernest Hemingway is one of the more well known authors of the “Lost Generation.” Born in 1899, Hemingway first worked as a … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway Ephemera, Literature, Modernism
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Birthdays for October 2: Wallace Stevens and Graham Greene
Today, October 2nd, marks the birthday of two authors who are part of the University of Tulsa’s Special Collections. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) was an American Modernist poet born in Reading, Pennsylvania who attended law school and then worked for an … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History, Popular Culture
Tagged 20th century, Books, crime thrillers, Famous Birthdays, graham greene, modern, Modernism, poetry, wallace stevens
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Centenary of the Somme
The battlefield near Courcelette The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest offensives of the First World War beginning a hundred years ago today. Between 1 July and 18 November 1916 more than a million men were killed … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Great War, Literature, Modernism, War, World War I, World War One, WWI
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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
With the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, the staff of the University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives would like to highlight some of its holdings pertaining Irish poets and writers, as well as its close relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History, Uncategorized
Tagged fellows speakers, Irish heritage, Literature, Modernism
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Harper Lee Announces New Novel
Last Spring, the Department of Special Collections and University Archives was glad to find out that Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and classic of Modern American literature To Kill a Mockingbird was to be re-released in digital and audiobook formats. … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to Margaret Anderson!
November 26th marks the birth of one of the early supporters of modernism, Margaret Anderson. Anderson founded the Little Review in 1914, a publication notable for being a venue for the more experimental and risqué works by writers such as … Continue reading
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Tagged Ezra Pound, Harlem Renaissance, James Joyce, Literature, Modernism
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Bloomsday Irish Pub Crawl and Special Collections Exhibit
Bloomsday is just around the corner! This Monday, June 16th, the festivities will kick off in earnest with an authentic Irish pub crawl from 6:30 to 10:00 pm in the area of Downtown Tulsa surrounding the Guthrie Green. While enjoying … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, Events, Exhibits, General, Uncategorized
Tagged art, exhibit, James Joyce, Literature, Modernism, posters, university of tulsa
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