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- McFarlin Library: A View from the Top | From McFarlin Tower on McFarlin Library blueprints are now available online
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Tag Archives: university of tulsa
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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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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Graduation—The Big Sendoff
When WordPress publishes this post, I will be in the H.A. Chapman field, wearing my cap, gown, and hood and celebrating my graduation from the Museum Science and Management program. I have loved my time at TU and I’m excited … Continue reading
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Tagged ceremony, closure, Commencement, Graduation, invitations, May, OSU, OU, tu, 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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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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Western Trilogy II: Mountain, Canyon, Dune
Mary Heebner’s artist book Western Trilogy II contains three separate books titled Mountain, Canyon, and Dune. The entire trilogy holds 45 original watercolor paintings with text accompanying it from essays originally written for The Western Horizon by Macduff Everton, a … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artists books, book, Books, canyon, dune, Mary Heebner, mountain, painting, Special Collections, Trilogy, university of tulsa, Watercolor, Western Trilogy II
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Rorschach’s Animals by Rae Trujillo
Rae Trujillo made her artist book Rorschach’s Animals resemble a box of Animal Crackers. Inside the cover, the reader will find the silhouette of an elephant on the left side of the page and an ink blot on the right … Continue reading
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Tagged animal crackers, animals, art, artists books, Books, elephants, prints, Rae Tujillo, Rorschach, Special Collections, university of tulsa
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In Black and White: Landscape Prints by Claire Van Vliet
A catalogue was created for an exhibition showcasing Claire Van Vliet’s black and white landscape prints at Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston (January 15th – March 19th, 1999); North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks (April – May 1999); … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, artist book, artists books, Books, Claire Van Vliet, collections, exhibition catalog, landscape, prints, Special Collections, university of tulsa
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Peter Forster’s Wood Block Prints
In 2011, the independent Oscar Wilde scholar, Merlin Holland graciously donated a set of colored prints and masks entitled “Awful Brevity,” created by Peter Forster to Special Collections. This specific print was used in the 1991 Folio Society edition of … Continue reading