Year: 2017

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

In memory of our colleague, Dillon Wackerman

The staff of Central University Libraries are deeply saddened to share the news about the death of our wonderful and brilliant colleague, Dillon Wackerman. After a nationwide search, Dillon joined SMU’s Central University Libraries on August 1, 2016, as the Digital Repository Librarian. He quickly rebranded SMU’s digital repository as SMU Scholar and transformed it…Continue Reading In memory of our colleague, Dillon Wackerman

Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections on view

The metalwork, photographs, prints, and sculpture selected for the new exhibition, Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, are from the holdings of Bywaters Special Collections, located in the Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library.  Each artist represented in the exhibition had early art training, most of it professional, yet career paths diverged as…Continue Reading Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections on view

Joining the SMU Community

Preparing students to join college life has always been a concern to university administrators. In 1915 (and for some years after), freshmen at SMU were called “Fish.” During that first spring semester, seniors pranked two unsuspecting classes with fake finals.  As early as 1919, incoming freshman had mandatory psychological tests. These tests (although updated) remained…Continue Reading Joining the SMU Community

Early Aviation Album: Photographs of Early Flights and Aeronautical Pioneers

Now available online are 316 images, ca. 1910-1916, by Captain Harry A. Erickson of the United States Air Service. The photographs, which are part of an album held by the DeGolyer Library, depict early planes and aviation pioneers. The images show early air shows, the testing and successful flight of seaplanes and floatplanes, and activities…Continue Reading Early Aviation Album: Photographs of Early Flights and Aeronautical Pioneers

Two Texans at the MoMA: Medellin and Spruce

As part of the graduation requirements to earn my Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies from Southern Methodist University, I completed a capstone project titled Two Texans at the MoMA: Medellin and Spruce. The purpose of my project was to collaborate with the Bywaters Special Collections staff to complete a research paper using the many primary…Continue Reading Two Texans at the MoMA: Medellin and Spruce

CUL Digital Collections Update: July 2017

In July 2017, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 326 items into CUL Digital Collections. Highlights include: 149 real photographic postcards, ca. 1900-1923, 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…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: July 2017

Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker now in SMU Scholar

Published initially by Southern Methodist University Press in 2007, Central University Libraries is proud to announce Ellen Buie Niewyk’s Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker is now available as open access and free of charge in SMU Scholar. In her book, Niewyk, Curator of the Bywaters Special Collections, CUL, highlights the seminal achievements of Jerry Bywaters’ career…Continue Reading Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker now in SMU Scholar

 

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