The second you step through the lobby and into the first floor, you are welcomed by the warm fall sun streaming through the large windows. The floor is clear of shelves, and chairs and desks dot the now-open space. This is the new and improved Hamon Arts Library. According to the director of Hamon…Continue Reading The New and Improved Hamon Arts Library
With Halloween approaching, I went searching for the spookiest book I could find in the DeGolyer stacks. We’ve got items on vampires, ghosts, and creatures that go bump in the night, and one work that claims to offer “full and plain evidence concerning witches.” Printed in 1681, Saducismus triumphatus, or, full and plain evidence concerning…Continue Reading Season of the Witch
I met Dan Wingren in 1980. That’s when I began modeling for his and other classes at the Meadows School of the Arts. I was also attending a Dallas community college, knocking off prerequisites for some sort of humanities degree. In 1986, I realized I wanted to teach studio art. So I quit modeling and attended UTD, got a…Continue Reading Remembering Dan Wingren
In the Media There was no summer break for the Jones Collection, as we continued our preservation efforts far below the Greer Garson Theatre. During these dog days of summer, keeping a cool 50 degrees in our temperature-controlled vault, we mined away into the deepest recesses of our archive and uncovered some truly…Continue Reading Jones Collection Summer 2019 Updates
In September 2019, SMU Libraries uploaded 563 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 31 photographs and real photographic postcards, ca. 1910-1920, from the American Border Troops at the Mexican Revolution collection, featuring images of American soldiers in camps around Texas and Mexico. These photographs portray the life soldiers experienced while on base at…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: September 2019
News from the DeGolyer Library October 2019 Southern Methodist University Visit our Website October is American Archives Month! Created by the Society of American Archivists in 2006, it gives archivists the chance to tell people about the work we do. Each October, we celebrate the value of historical records, and aim to increase public awareness…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library October 2019