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Tag Archives: photographs
The Tulsa Women’s Club Collection
Continuing with our theme of covering Women’s History Month, this post is about a little archive of the Tulsa Women’s Club. I found that it hadn’t been digitized at all yet, so I scanned as many items as I could during … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, History
Tagged charity, club, collections, community service, correspondence, general, letters, Literature, Oklahoma, oklahoma women, photographs, Tulsa, Tulsa Women's Club, women
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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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Portraits
This post is a few days late, because I couldn’t get into the office last week during the spectacular snowstorm we had! If you were affected by it, I hope you were as safe and warm as possible! I contemplated … Continue reading
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Tagged african-american, black history, Black History Month, children, collections, history, Men, photographs, portraits, women
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Black History Month is Here!
February is Black History Month! Melissa’s post about our new virtual exhibit unofficially kicks off our month of blog posts honoring such an important topic. We will focus our posts on the materials in Special Collections that highlight African Americans … Continue reading
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Tagged african-american, black history, Black History Month, collections, Couples, greenwood, history, Oklahoma, photographs, Tulsa
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Tulsa’s Phenomenal Naval Psychologist
I have spent the last few months combing through our digital files to ensure their organization and uniformity when I work from home. This has given me the chance to look in depth at the scanned images of each and … Continue reading
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Tagged california, collections, Navy, oklahoma women, photographs, Psychology, San Diego, Tulsa, university of tulsa
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Midterms Memories
Midterms have come and gone, and while I don’t have any traditional exams as a grad student, I’m still incredibly busy at this halfway point. My two children are in school and we just had our first ever virtual parent-teacher … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History
Tagged collections, education, grades, Great War, Oklahoma, photographs, report cards, school, World War I, WWI
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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
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Tagged architecture, art deco, graphic design, history, Modernism, photographs, Tulsa, tulsa municipal airport
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Pawnee Bill and Collections Acquisitions
I am so excited to be back at work in the Special Collections department! I hope everyone has had an enjoyable summer. My husband and I bought a house, so Tulsa is officially home for me! We also celebrated our … Continue reading
The Salonika World War I Photo Album
WWI is an incredibly complex, often troubling subject to study. The intricate network of allies and enemies can be hard to keep track of but there is no mistaking its devastating and long lasting effects. Special Collections contains more than … Continue reading
Posted in History, scrapbook, Uncategorized, World War I
Tagged Greece, photographs, Salonika, scrapbooks, World War I, World War One
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Wedding Time!
Kelsey, my fabulous co-GA, happens to be getting married this weekend, so I want to make a ‘toast’ by looking at wedding themed materials in our collection. It has been far too many years since my own wedding, so it … Continue reading
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Tagged art, collections, photographs, weddings
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