Year: 2019

Maximum Marginalia

One of my favorite parts of working in a Special Collections library is finding books featuring marginalia—the notes and drawings that readers leave in the margins of books they’re reading.  I’ve come across pristine handwriting and illegible scribbles, thoughtful commentary and brief notes, and drawings that ran the gamut from cute to comical to crude….Continue Reading Maximum Marginalia

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2019

In July 2019, SMU Libraries uploaded 684 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 233 national bank notes, ca. 1884-1929, added to 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…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2019

News from the DeGolyer Library August 2019

News from the DeGolyer Library August 2019 Southern Methodist University Visit our Website New Exhibit “All Goes Onward and Outward” Walt Whitman at 200 Opening Soon The DeGolyer Library and renowned collector Robert Harris are marking the bicentennial of Walt Whitman’s birth with “All Goes Onward and Outward”: Walt Whitman at 200 . Mr. Harris has selected…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library August 2019

NASA’s Part Supplier

When the Apollo 11 spaceflight departed the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, it was carrying three astronauts, mankind’s aspirations to finally land on the Moon, and sophisticated equipment that made it all possible. Prior to the historic spaceflight, NASA contracted several companies to build the Saturn V launch vehicle, the Apollo spacecraft that…Continue Reading NASA’s Part Supplier

John Lunsford: Mentor, Advisor, Friend

John Lunsford’s passing marks not just the loss for many individuals of a beloved colleague and former professor but also the loss of a living link to an earlier era.  As pre-Columbian curator at the Dallas Museum of Art for thirty years, director of the Meadows Museum, and professor of art history at SMU, John…Continue Reading John Lunsford: Mentor, Advisor, Friend

Independence Day at the Archives

Whether you’re barbecuing, watching the fireworks, or sticking close to the AC this Thursday, we hope you have a great day off celebrating the Fourth of July. The DeGolyer will be closed in observance of the holiday, but while we’re away, take a look at some historical Independence Day parades, preserved in our collection.  …Continue Reading Independence Day at the Archives

Hawn Gallery presents: Pipes on Paper: the Wallmann Collection of Books on the Organ opening July 15

In Western music, more books have been written on the organ than any other instrument. This summer exhibition, Pipes on Paper, open on Monday, July 15, highlights a selection of books on this grand and artful instrument from the James L. Wallmann Collection. In sum, it offers a survey from 1698 to 1923 on the…Continue Reading Hawn Gallery presents: Pipes on Paper: the Wallmann Collection of Books on the Organ opening July 15

SMU Digital Collections Update: June 2019

In June 2019, SMU Libraries uploaded 587 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 83 national bank notes, ca. 1884-1929, added to 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…Continue Reading SMU Digital Collections Update: June 2019

News from the DeGolyer Library July 2019

News from the DeGolyer Library July 2019 Southern Methodist University Visit our Website Out and About RBMS 2019 Christina Jensen, Head of Public Services, recently attended the 2019 meeting of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the American Library Association (say that five times fast) in Baltimore, Maryland. The annual RBMS conference is the…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library July 2019

That’s Where the West Begins…

Nothing says summer vacation like a road trip across the country with your friends. What could be better than driving from Pennsylvania to Colorado and back? The Elizabeth Dalrymple manuscript describes the adventures of women traveling together entitled “Our Trek to the West.” The narrative is illustrated with 40 photographs of the people and places…Continue Reading That’s Where the West Begins…

 

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