New digital collection: Jake and Nancy Hamon Papers

Selected items from this fabulous archival collection held in Bywaters Special Collections are now available online! Items include fashion design sketches created by Nancy Hamon during the 1930s as well as photographs of Jake and Nancy Hamon attending their annual theme parties in Dallas during the 1950s-1970s. The collection offers valuable insights into Dallas social and cultural history. See the following link: https://www.smu.edu/Libraries/digitalcollections/jnh.

More information about the Jake and Nancy Hamon Papers can be found in the detailed finding aid here: https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00259/smu-00259.html


Image Courtesy of Jake and Nancy Hamon Papers, Bywaters Special Collections, Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University

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