Month: September 2017

Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Vivian Louise Aunspaugh

This week, the Bywaters Special Collections artist profile highlights Vivian Louise Aunspaugh, who is featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Vivian Louise Aunspaugh was born August 14, 1869 in Liberty [now Bedford City], Virginia to John Henry and Virginia Fields (Yancy)…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Vivian Louise Aunspaugh

Ask An Archivist

Oct. 4, 2017 is “Ask An Archivist” day.  This yearly Twitter campaign began in 2010 to engage everyday people who want to know about historic collections and the people who work with those collections.   The SMU Archives has formally participated in Twitter’s #Ask An Archivist day for only 2 years, but this day always…Continue Reading Ask An Archivist

New Jones Film and Video acquisition: Paul Adair Collection

In August, the Jones Film and Video Collection received the Paul Adair Collection, a donation of business records and log books from the Texas-based Interstate Theatre Circuit.  The collection includes 180 books that contain the box office records for most of these movie theaters from the 1930s to the 1970s.  In addition to being a…Continue Reading New Jones Film and Video acquisition: Paul Adair Collection

Kenda North Photography Collection

Kenda North Photography Archive Donated to the DeGolyer Library, SMU It is an honor to announce that Kenda North has donated her photographic archive to the DeGolyer Library to be included in the Archives of the Women of the Southwest. The spectacular lifework collection includes color photographs from the 1970s to the present. The list…Continue Reading Kenda North Photography Collection

Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Louise Heuser Wueste (Wüste)

This artist profile is the first on several artists whose works are featured in the exhibition, Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. The earliest Texas drawing in Bywaters Special Collections is a pencil sketch of Elize Bunzen Wueste by Louise Heuser Wueste  (1805 – 1874). …Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Louise Heuser Wueste (Wüste)

The Hawn Gallery presents Embodied Algorithm: [Re]embracing the Analog –New works by Ira Greenberg

The Hawn Gallery presents Embodied Algorithm: [Re]embracing the Analog New works by Ira Greenberg On view: September 8 – October 8, 2017  Opening Reception: Friday, September 8th, 5-7 pm at the Hawn Gallery, located in the Hamon Arts Library at SMU Artist Ira Greenberg will conduct a gallery talk at 5:45 p.m. An exhibition of…Continue Reading The Hawn Gallery presents Embodied Algorithm: [Re]embracing the Analog –New works by Ira Greenberg

CUL Digital Collections Update: August 2017

In August 2017, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 445 items into CUL Digital Collections. Highlights include: 177 items from the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection as part of the TexTreasures FY2017 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Uploaded from the Cook…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: August 2017