Day: January 6, 2017

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