Month: January 2017

WFAA Newsfilm Collection: Political Highlights from 1970

The subject of this week’s “Look what I found in the WFAA Newsfilm Collection”  is very appropriate given this last week of the inauguration and presidential politics in the media. The clips from the film collection are a series of interviews with former President George H. W. Bush.  [wpvideo NCCwAcpU] In 1970, after serving two terms in the…Continue Reading WFAA Newsfilm Collection: Political Highlights from 1970

Hawn Gallery presents Dylan Glynn: After Order, After Disorder

The Hawn Gallery presents: Dylan Glynn: After Order, After Disorder On view January 27th – March 12th, 2017 Opening Reception: Friday, January 27th from 6-8 p.m. at the Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library After Order, After Disorder features animated shorts, digital prints, paintings, and works on paper by Toronto-based artist, Dylan Glynn. Glynn, whose practice…Continue Reading Hawn Gallery presents Dylan Glynn: After Order, After Disorder

Did You Know that the Library has a Very Interesting Book?

On Nov. 13, 1918, The Campus, SMU’s student newspaper, reported that the library received Bohemia. This autobiography was written by the Czech immigrant, abolitionist and doctor, Anthony Michael Dignowity. He was born in Bohemia in 1810 and immigrated to the U.S. in 1832. His stories about selling pretzels during Lent and as a snail salesman during boyhood…Continue Reading Did You Know that the Library has a Very Interesting Book?

CUL Digital Collections Update: December 2016

In December 2016, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 531 items into CUL Digital Collections. Highlights include: 247 items from the new J. Erik Jonsson Papers digital collection, including correspondence relating to the dedication of the Callier Hearing and Speech Center, manuscripts of several speeches relating to civic improvements for Dallas, and various photographs and slides…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: December 2016