On December 10, 2013, the House of Chanel will host the Métiers d’Art, a “yearly pre-fall collection and runway show dedicated to the history of the house’s founder, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel” (Dallasnews.com, 2013) in Fair Park, Dallas. Chanel’s roots in Texas go back to 1957, when she first visited Dallas to receive an award from…Continue Reading Coco Chanel’s Dallas Visit, September 1957
CUL Digital Collections Update: November 2013
In November 2013, CUL uploaded 476 items into our CONTENTdm collections. Highlights include: 134 non-oil-related Texas negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie as part of the TexTreasures FY2014 grant to digitize photographs and negatives of Richie’s non-oil-related clients in Texas. Clients and companies depicted include Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Delta Airlines, Sloane-Blabon Corporation, Moran Towing, Baroid Sales…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: November 2013
CUL Digital Collections Update: October 2013
In October 2013, CUL uploaded 502 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has approximately 34,735 published items. Highlights include: 139 non-oil-related Texas negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie as part of the TexTreasures FY2014 grant. 15 photographs and documents from the Stanley Marcus Papers relating to Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s visit to Dallas in September 1957…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: October 2013
Trinity River Flood Control Depicted in Miscellaneous Aerial Views of Dallas, 1930s-1940s
The city of Dallas has a long and tumultuous history with the Trinity River. Photographs now available online from SMU’s Edwin J. Foscue Map Library document a period when Dallas officials began the arduous process of trying to exert control over the river to prevent flooding and support development. The new Miscellaneous Aerial Views of…Continue Reading Trinity River Flood Control Depicted in Miscellaneous Aerial Views of Dallas, 1930s-1940s
Exhibit – Treasures of DeGolyer Library: 100 Years of Collecting
Travels in the Interior of North America … Karl Bodmer, artist Treasures of DeGolyer Library: 100 Years of Collecting Theodore de Bry (1528-1598) Americae Pars I-XIII Frankfurt, 1590-1634 The exhibition features rare treasures from DeGolyer Library’s major collecting areas of Western Americana, exploration and discovery, history of science, history of business, photography, transportation, and literary…Continue Reading Exhibit – Treasures of DeGolyer Library: 100 Years of Collecting
CUL Digital Collections Update: September 2013
In September 2013, CUL uploaded 1,086 items into our CONTENTdm collections. Highlights include: 60 photographs and prints in the newly-created Doris A. and Lawrence H. Budner Collection on Theodore Roosevelt. 410 slides in the Octavio Medellin: Works of Art and Artistic Processes collection, including new series for Reflections in Glass and Uplifting Force. 74 photographs…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: September 2013
CUL Digital Collections Update: August 2013
A new web page was created for the Fred Harvey Co. Materials from the DeGolyer Library, which are a subset of the items contained in the U.S. West: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints digital collection that contains photographs, images, albums, and more, relating to the Fred Harvey Co. held by SMU’s DeGolyer Library. Many of the…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: August 2013
Texas Oil Photographs, 1936-1970, by Robert Yarnall Richie
Now online are 1,238 selected prints and negatives taken by Robert Yarnall Richie (1908-1984) that depict the Texas oil production and the petroleum industry, 1936-1970. These items are part of the DeGolyer Library’s Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection, which consists of industrial and corporate photographs taken by Richie throughout his career. DeGolyer Library digital collections…Continue Reading Texas Oil Photographs, 1936-1970, by Robert Yarnall Richie
CUL Digital Collections Update: July 2013
In July 2013, CUL uploaded 822 items into our CONTENTdm collections. Highlights include: 91 audio files from Southwestern University for the John G. Tower Multimedia collection 109 Texas-related oil negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie as part of the TexTreasures FY2013 grant 79 negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie that depict aerial views of mansions ca. 1932-1934,…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: July 2013
CUL Digital Collections Update: June 2013
In June 2013, CUL uploaded 415 items into our CONTENTdm collections. Highlights include: 35 photographs, by William Johnson, ca. 1855-1862, from Photographs of Western India 99 audio files from Southwestern University for the John G. Tower Multimedia collection 75 Texas-related oil negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie as part of the TexTreasures FY2013 grant 20 negatives…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: June 2013