January 2019

Hawn Gallery presents: Information/Object: Late 20th-Early 21st Century Artists’ Books

Publication date January 11, 2019
Categories: Events, Exhibits, Hamon Arts Library
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The Hawn Gallery presents Information/Object: Late 20th – Early 21st Century Artists’ Books On view: February 1 – March 8, 2019 at the Hawn Gallery, located in the Hamon Arts Library, SMU Public opening reception Friday, February 1st, 5 – 7 pm Gallery Talk at 5:45 pm The contemporary artist’s book is a cultural phenomenon…Continue Reading Hawn Gallery presents: Information/Object: Late 20th-Early 21st Century Artists’ Books

Notes in the Margins

Publication date January 9, 2019
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Special Collections
Categories: Francis Bacon, Henry VII, James I, Marginalia, Provenance, Rare Books

Do you write in your books? You’re not alone–in our copy of Francis Bacon’s The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh (1622), one reader went beyond underlining key points or scribbling notes in margins, and created an index where there was none. Francis Bacon wrote The Historie of the Raigne of King…Continue Reading Notes in the Margins

SMU Digital Collections Update: December 2018

Publication date January 3, 2019
Categories: Digital Collections
Categories: TexTreasures2019
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In December 2018, SMU Libraries uploaded 353 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 58 bank notes from the Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency, as part of the TexTreasures FY2019 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.The majority of the bank notes were issued from 17 Dallas…Continue Reading SMU Digital Collections Update: December 2018