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Tag Archives: Special Collections
Now on Display: Life in the Circus
McFarlin Library Special Collections is proud to announce our first physical exhibit since March 2020 titled “Life in the Circus”. Graduate students from the Museum Science and Management program designed and implemented the exhibit this past semester. The exhibit focuses … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus, exhibit, Oklahoma, posters, Special Collections
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University Memories
Happy Holidays from Special Collections! This time of year is wonderful to sit back and look upon the memories created throughout the year. And here at Special Collections, we are able to look back quite a few years! Our student … Continue reading
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Tagged history, holidays, library, photographs, Special Collections, students, university of tulsa
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Thanksgiving
When it comes to Thanksgiving, it is sometimes easy to forget the narrative of our Indigenous Peoples. However, the voices that prevail continue to give prayers of thanksgiving. One of these voices is Soan Mahngotaysee (sooahn= swan) (mon-go-tahi-see), Chief Strongheart of … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, history, holidays, Literature, Native Americans, sheet music, Special Collections
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
If you ever travel to St. Charles, Missouri, you are bound to discover a wealth of knowledge about the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, for it was the starting point of their journey. Their travels lasted from 1804 … Continue reading
Jane Austen
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey Beloved Jane Austen is most notably known for her six major novels. Most dear to both my heart … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th century, Books, Jane Austen, Literature, Special Collections
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WWI Memorabilia
World War I is one of the larger collections we house at Special Collections. This ranges from numerous items such as correspondence, trench maps, physical items such as a nurse’s cap, diaries, postcards and more. The diaries show everyday life … Continue reading
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Tagged Great War, history, Illustrations, letters, scrapbook, Special Collections, university of tulsa, World War I, WWI
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Medieval-era Manuscripts and Incunabula
McFarlin Library Special Collections is home to an extraordinary diverse and old narrative. Some dating back as far as 1207 CE, such as our original leaf from the Koran. The writer spent 22 years of his life working on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, history, Koran, manuscripts, medieval, Religion, Special Collections, university of tulsa
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The Art of Alexandre Hogue
It has been three and a half years, almost to the day, since the last blog post about Alexandre Hogue, but I didn’t know that when I was looking at some of the pictures we have of his artwork. I … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, Collections, Digital Collections, History, World War II
Tagged Alexandre Hogue, art, collections, history, hogue, imagery, McFarlin Library, oil, Oklahoma, Special Collections, texas, university of tulsa, WWII
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Oklahoma Statehood: The History and Anniversary
While scanning some documents, I noticed articles about the anniversary of Oklahoma statehood and realized that the 113th anniversary was this past Monday! This anniversary will be easy to remember since it’s only a few days before my birthday, so … Continue reading
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
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Tagged author, Books, history, Literature, newspapers, Special Collections, Stephen Crane
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