During late summer 1958, many of Texas Instruments’ employees were enjoying the company’s annual two-week vacation. Not Jack Kilby, who as a recently hired engineer, had not accrued enough vacation time and kept on working in TI’s Semiconductor Components division in Dallas. TI was developing the micro-module program with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, but…Continue Reading The Integrated Circuit has just turned 60
ARK: Q&A with Filmmaker Mike Morris
This week’s blog post features an interview between curator, Emily Rueggeberg, and filmmaker, Mike Morris, the creator of ARK. ARK is on view in the Hawn Gallery now through November 4, 2018. Emily Rueggeberg: What draws you to the experimental film format as opposed to traditional films? Mike Morris: Moving images are an…Continue Reading ARK: Q&A with Filmmaker Mike Morris
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: August 2018
In August 2018, SMU Libraries uploaded 122 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Additionally, Bridwell Library has added five new incunables and 117 new images to the Fifteenth-Century Printed Books collection. Highlights include: 42 documents, ca. 1910-1936, into the Texas: Photographs, Manuscripts and Imprints digital collection as part of the TexTreasures FY2018 grant program, sponsored by…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: August 2018
Doing It–Creating Controversy at SMU
During the summer, our friends at the William G Jones film archives discovered a fascinating, and little known, story about an uproar at Southern Methodist University in its WFAA Newsfilm Collection. The controversy centered over the student handbook. Student handbooks are often the most mundane of publications—they’re rarely even read by the students who are…Continue Reading Doing It–Creating Controversy at SMU
Hawn Gallery presents: ARK: Featuring New Experimental 35 MM Film by Mike Morris
The Hawn Gallery presents ARK Featuring a New Experimental Film by Mike Morris On view: August 20 – November 4, 2018 at the Hawn Gallery, located in the Hamon Arts Library at SMU Public Opening Reception Friday, September 14, 5 -7pm Mike Morris will give a gallery talk at 5:45 pm ARK is a…Continue Reading Hawn Gallery presents: ARK: Featuring New Experimental 35 MM Film by Mike Morris
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2018
In July 2018, SMU Libraries uploaded 277 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 26 documents, ca. 1910-1936, in the Texas: Photographs, Manuscripts and Imprints digital collection as part of the TexTreasures FY2018 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. These…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2018
Honoring Santos Rodriguez
Mid-May of this year, I discovered a series of contact sheets and photographs in the Andy Hanson collection here at the DeGolyer Library. Hanson was a photographer for the Dallas Times Herald. I didn’t know what I was looking at except that the pictures were of a demonstration. I could see that in some frames…Continue Reading Honoring Santos Rodriguez
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: June 2018
In June 2018, SMU Libraries uploaded 1,388 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 60 documents, ca. 1909-1940s, into the Texas: Photographs, Manuscripts and Imprints digital collection as part of the TexTreasures FY2018 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services….Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: June 2018
Jones Film Archive Update – June 2018
In the Media Dallas Morning News’ Robert Wilonsky wrote a great piece on the work that we are doing with our social media push. That article can be found here. WFAA’s Chris Sadeghi aired a story on Grand Prairie as part of a long term collaboration with the Jones Collection. That story can be found here. here. The Fort Worth Star…Continue Reading Jones Film Archive Update – June 2018
Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Cecilia Neuheisel Steinfeldt
Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Cecilia Neuheisel Steinfeldt (1915 – 2013), referred to as the ‘First Lady of Texas Art’ for her work as both an artist and a Texas art historian, was born in Montello, Wisconsin and moved to…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Cecilia Neuheisel Steinfeldt