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Tag Archives: Oklahoma
Craig Sheppard’s Illustrations
Craig Sheppard was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, in 1913 and studied art at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. During his college days, he was also a bareback rider in rodeos from Oklahoma to New York’s Madison Square Garden. After … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, literature
Tagged Anthony Amaral, art, book, Books, Craig Sheppard, horses, Illustrations, mustang, Oklahoma, Special Collections, 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
Posted in Acquisitions, Collections, General, McFarlin Library, News, Popular Culture
Tagged acquisitions, art, artists books, Guy Logsdon, history, Oklahoma, popular culture, Special Collections, Tulsa
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Alexandre Hogue, 1898-1994
We had very special guests this weekend at the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. A group from ZCZ Films, a UK film company, was commissioned by the BBC to produce a three part series on American Art. The … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, artwork, Collections, Events, History, Hours, McFarlin Library, News, World War II
Tagged acquisitions, art, artists, collections, history, hours, Oklahoma, photographs, texas, Tulsa, university of tulsa, WWII
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Tulsa Women’s Club Papers
Women’s Club Movement: At the start of the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries, clubs founded and patronized by women and intended for women were increasing in popularity and influence across the United States. At a … Continue reading
Posted in Collections
Tagged club, collections, history, Oklahoma, philanthropy, Tulsa, women
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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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J. F. Standiford, photographer
Jacob Frank Standiford (1852-?) was a photographer in Indian Territory. He was originally from what would become West Virginia, and part of his life was lived in Illinois and Kansas. In 1878, he moved to Muskogee, I.T. and received a … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged history, Indian Territory, Native Americans, Oklahoma, Photographer, photographs, Standiford
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Oklahoma, Where Green Grow the Lilacs and the Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Plain
Born in 1899 near the small Oklahoma town of Claremore, Rollie Lynn Riggs, better known as Lynn Riggs, was an American author, playwright, and poet. Of Cherokee descent, Riggs wrote 21 plays, several short stories, a television script, and several … Continue reading
Barbara Santee archive of Oklahoma women’s reproductive rights
This past summer, Special Collections acquired the archive and library of Dr. Barbara Santee, who has spent the last 40 years working to improve and maintain women’s reproductive rights through activism in the state of Oklahoma. She served as the … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Collections
Tagged abortion rights, barbara santee, button collection, Oklahoma, pro-choice, reproductive rights
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Henry B. Bass “Dear Everybody” Newsletters: An Oklahoman Point of View
Henry B. Bass was an Enid, Oklahoma contractor and an avid collector of poetry about Abraham Lincoln. Bass was elected into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1967. He was a nationally recognized authority on the Civil War. He also wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged Dear Everybody, Enid, Henry B. Bass, history, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Hall of Fame
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The Rise of the Aerospace and Aviation Industries in Oklahoma
Many people outside the state of Oklahoma do not realize the role the Sooner State has played in the history of the aerospace and aviation industries in the United States. Since World War II, Oklahoma has been one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History
Tagged aerospace, aviation, Bob McCormack, Oklahoma, Wiley Post, Will Rogers
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