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Tag Archives: WWII
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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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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The Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
The Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology is an aviation institute in Tulsa, Oklahoma that trains individuals in flight, aviation electronics, nondestructive testing, quality control, and aircraft maintenance. In 1928, a Tulsa oilman named William G. Skelly who was the … Continue reading
The War at Home – Tulsa in the World War
In the first week of April, 1917, the United States finally entered the World War, in response to not only of the German determination to return to unrestricted submarine warfare, but also the continual espionage against United States industry by … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits
Tagged exhibit, Great War, Tulsa, World War I, World War One, WWI, WWII
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‘F.R. first gift of ephemera.’
There is a particular fascination from modern day society with both World War I and World War II. Whether it is the old photographs, the soldier’s outfits or the patriotic propaganda posters, there is almost always something that can pique … Continue reading
Thomas “Bruce” Luckett
Thomas Bruce Luckett was born on December 6, 1919 in Tulsa. He attended Central High School and then went on to attend The University of Tulsa graduating in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science. He was interested in creating scale … Continue reading
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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Andre Deutsch Collection
The Andre Deutsch collection [Coll. No. 1988.013] is one of the largest in Special Collections and University Archives. It contains editorial, production, and publicity files for approximately 2000 books published by the Andre Deutsch London firm. Most of the folders … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, News, World War II
Tagged collections, correspondence, history, WWII
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New Acquisition: “The “Knights of Liberty” mob and the I.W.W. Prisoners at Tulsa, Okla.
In 1917, the United Stated entered the Great War, and the Bolshevik revolution in Russia had a number of ripple effects throughout American society, ultimately culminating in the Red Scare of 1919-1921. In Oklahoma, this highly patriotic anti-radicalism took several … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, Great War, history, radicalism, socialism, Tulsa, tulsa race riot, World War I, World War One, WWI, WWII
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Great War Poetry reading
McFarlin is proud to host a reading of World War I poems by British poets Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, and Wilfred Owen on Thursday, November 15 at 7pm in the Ann and Jack Graves Faculty Study. On Thursday, November 15th … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News
Tagged collections, poetry, Rupert Hart-Davis, Seigfried Sassoon, War, World War I, World War One, WWI, WWII
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