Author Archives: Cynthia Boeke

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Photographic views of William T. Sherman’s campaign available online

George N. Barnard was one of the most skilled and versatile cameramen of the Civil War, photographing in the Virginia area, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina. He worked independently and for E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., Brady & Co. … Continue reading

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Dallas Aerial Photographs, 1945 USDA Survey, Edwin J. Foscue Map Library

SMU’s CUL Digital Collections has made available the Dallas Aerial Photographs, 1945 USDA  Survey. This online collection complements the Dallas Historic Aerial Photographs, 1930 Fairchild Survey. There are 16 pairs of images in the Dallas Aerial Photographs, USDA 1945 Survey … Continue reading

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CUL Digital Collections Update: October 2012

In October 2012, SMU Central University Libraries uploaded 624 items into CUL Digital Collections. CUL now has approximately 28,300 published items. Highlights include: 47 Texas-related oil negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie as part of the TexTreasures FY2013 grant 38 negatives … Continue reading

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CUL Digital Collections Spotlight: October 2012

Selected items added to SMU CUL Digital Collections in October 2012

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SMU DeGolyer Library’s Brehme photographs of Mexico

Seventy-eight photographs and real photographic postcards by Hugo Brehme depicting the Mexican landscape between the years 1905 and 1920 are now available online. The images, held by SMU’s DeGolyer Library, are part of the Mexico: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints digital collection, … Continue reading

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The Texas Oil Industry Illustrated through Postcards

  191 postcards that depict the oil boom in Texas are now available online in the Texas: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints digital collection, which is one of more than 30 digital collections that form part of CUL Digital Collections. The … Continue reading

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CUL Digital Collections: September 2012

In September 2012, CUL uploaded 1,098 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has approximately 26,680 published items. Highlights include: 114 images in the Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs collection, including 26 cased daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes 776 slides … Continue reading

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Early Texas Postcards from SMU’s DeGolyer Library

Early Texas Postcards from SMU’s DeGolyer Library More than 1,300 early Texas postcards from SMU’s DeGolyer Library are now available online in the Texas: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints digital collection, which is one of more than 30 digital collections that … Continue reading

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CUL Digital Collections: August 2012

In August 2012, CUL uploaded 660 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has approximately 24,580 published items. (Note: Items include individual pages in compound objects.) Below are highlights: 46 Texas postcards into the Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs … Continue reading

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CUL Digital Collections: July 2012

In July 2012, CUL uploaded 318 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has approximately 23,920 published items.  Below are highlights: 129 early Texas postcards digitized as part of the FY2012 TexTreasures grant 20 currency notes in the Rowe-Barr Collection … Continue reading

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