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Tag Archives: World War I
A new WWI Digital Collections upload.
As part of our ongoing efforts to make our World War I holdings available online, we are trying to find ways to include documents as well as photographs online. Because of the software we use, it is difficult to have … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, diaries, Great War, photographs, War, World War I, World War One, WWI
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Some new WWI Digital Collections uploads.
As part of our ongoing efforts to make our World War I holdings available online, several batches of photographs have been added to our WWI photographs digital collections site in February. Specifically these are: WWI photographs, 1918-1935. Coll No. 2001.073. … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, Great War, history, photographs, War, World War I, World War One, WWI
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New in Digital Collections: January 2016
Special Collections added new materials to our digital collections site in January. We added a 1971 special issue of Oklahoma Impact Magazine with articles and interviews to our Tulsa Race Relations and Greenwood Cultural Materials section. Our collection of 300 … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Digital Collections
Tagged impact magazine, stereoscope cards, tulsa race riot, World War I, WWI
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New in Digital Collections: November 2015 Update
Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Tulsa added some new items of interest to our digital collections website during the month of November. World War I through the Stereoscope – approximately 150 of the stereoscope cards have been … Continue reading
New Acquisition
Confederate Veterans Encampment Photographs, 2015.056 Between 24 and 27 September 1918 the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma hosted a Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, and other affiliated organizations. This reunion was an important milestone for the city, with the city … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, History
Tagged acquisitions, civil war, Reunions, Tulsa, World War I, World War One, WWI
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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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The Great War, 1915: Entrenchment
The Department of Special Collections and University Archives presents The Great War, 1915: Entrenchment, an exhibit focusing on the second year of World War I. Featuring photographs, artefacts, and books from a variety of World War I collections held by … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, History
Tagged aviation, collections, exhibit, Gallipoli, Great War, history, humanitarian relief, Lusitania, trench warfare, World War I, World War One, WWI
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Signature Society Event: Wine and War 101
On Thursday, November 13th Adrian Alexander, R.M. and Ida McFarlin Dean of the Library, hosted Wine & War 101, a Signature Society event. The evening was meant to be an entertaining and educational experience. It combined a lecture on how … Continue reading
Posted in Events, History, News, Signature Society Event
Tagged Great War, history, Signature Society, Wine making, World War I
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Library Open House During Homecoming
As part of Homecoming’s events, the University of Tulsa’s McFarlin Library and the Department of Special Collections and University Archives will hold an open house this Friday, October 17th from 4:00-5:00 p.m. We invite all our alumni and visitors to … Continue reading
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Tagged events, exhibit, photographs, university of tulsa, World War I
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New Aquisition: World War I Posters
The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections recently acquired over one hundred and thirty World War posters to add to our existing collection of propaganda and ephemera from this era. As part of the acquisition and cataloguing process, each … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, artwork, Collections, Exhibits, History, Popular Culture
Tagged artwork, Exhibits, propogranda, World War I
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