You step out of the second-floor elevator in Fondren Library to claim a window nook. As you turn left to examine the available space, you notice large black frames hanging on the walls, outlining prints of colorful postcards. The postcards are from the George W. Cook collection in DeGolyer Library and highlight Dallas architecture and…Continue Reading Picture This: How Students Helped Curate Fondren Library’s Artwork
In our continuing series on recipients of the Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts at SMU, we feel the need to laissez les bons temps rouler into Mardi Gras and post about one of New Orleans’ most famous musicians, Wynton Marsalis. Marsalis was the recipient of the Meadows Award in 1997, and…Continue Reading Wynton Marsalis: Sounding the Trumpet for the Arts
In February 2025, SMU Libraries uploaded 250 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: The new Rees-Jones Collection Highlights digital collection, which includes: 5 color aquatints, 1839-1841, from Karl Bodmer’s Travels in the Interior of North America, showing landscape scenes and imagery often relating to Indigenous peoples. 3 color lithographs, 1851, by Carl Nebel…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: February 2025
SMU Giving Day is March 11 Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 11, when SMU Libraries will be participating in Giving Day, the University’s annual one-day giving challenge. Supporters can give to a variety of causes at the University, including the initiatives of SMU Libraries. This year, the Libraries will be promoting three initiatives: Student…Continue Reading Love Your Libraries on SMU Giving Day
Congratulations to Christina Wood and Meg Wang! The archivist and cataloger for the Rees-Jones Library of the American West have been named. The individual who will fulfill the archivist role for the new library on the Hilltop is DeGolyer’s own Christina Wood, and Meg Wang will serve as the cataloger of the Rees-Jones Collection. Christina…Continue Reading The Rees-Jones Library of the American West grows its staff – and its collections
In our continuing series on outstanding artists during Black History Month, we are featuring the incomparable Leontyne Price. More than a world-renowned opera singer, Price, who turned 98 on February 10 this year, is to many the pinnacle of soprano singing. She was the first African-American soprano to perform to great acclaim on the international…Continue Reading The Excellence of Leontyne Price
Black stories preserved in digital archives available at SMU This Black History Month, SMU Libraries is proud to highlight resources available to Mustangs that allow users to engage with and learn about Black history. These archival resources preserve the stories of Black individuals – some with connections to SMU – and are valuable for their…Continue Reading Preserving Black History Among the Archives
Remembering Judith Jamison African American dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison (1943−2024) was a guest artist at SMU in the Meadows School in 2001, where she received the Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts. The award recognized the highest level of international achievement in the creative and performing arts. …Continue Reading Celebrating Black History Month in Hamon Arts Library
Collaboration between librarians and faculty yields future research, student success and awards Congratulations to the Spring 2025 winners of the SMU Libraries Research Assignment Stipend! This stipend is awarded to faculty members who integrate components of information literacy in their courses, while also collaborating with SMU librarians who assist in this integration. Applications are…Continue Reading SMU faculty and librarians collaborate to enhance student learning
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In January 2025, SMU Libraries uploaded 308 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 40 negatives, ca. 1955-1957, from the Richard Steinheimer Photograph Collection. Subjects include a trip to Arizona and aerial photographs of the Glendale and La Crescenta areas of Los Angeles County. 128 items, ca. 1850-1950s, from the Elmer and Diane Powell Collection on…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: January 2025