September 2020

Ideals of Womanhood

Publication date September 21, 2020
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Special Collections
Categories: Archives of Women of the Southwest, Manuscripts

The Reeves family papers comprise documents related to the African American Community in Austin, Texas circa 1920s to 1940s. There are approximately 60 letters, programs, essays and other items of ephemera compiled by four sisters who lived together on Nueces Street: Mary (1890-1934), Anna (1911-?) and Estella Reeves (1904-1932), and Carrie Warren (1892-1965). Part of…Continue Reading Ideals of Womanhood

Hawn Gallery presents Michael Corris: Incidents on a Page, Dallas-Venice Dreamscapes, 1976-2020

Publication date September 21, 2020
Categories: Exhibits, Hamon Arts Library, News
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Michael Corris Incidents on a Page, Dallas-Venice Dreamscapes, 1976-2020 September 21 – December 11, 2020 Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library The Hawn Gallery is pleased to announce Incidents on a Page: Dallas-Venice Dreamscapes, 1976-2020. Michael Corris, SMU Professor Emeritus of Art, has been active as an artist since the early 1970s, first as a member of…Continue Reading Hawn Gallery presents Michael Corris: Incidents on a Page, Dallas-Venice Dreamscapes, 1976-2020

Vote 2020 – It’s Just Two Steps: Register and Vote!

Publication date September 14, 2020
Categories: Events, News
Categories: vote

With the upcoming presidential and congressional election on November 3, 2020, it’s an ideal moment to reflect on past elections at Southern Methodist University. During the late 1960s, college and university students across the country and at SMU protested against the Vietnam War. At that time, anyone under 21 could not vote, and on campuses,…Continue Reading Vote 2020 – It’s Just Two Steps: Register and Vote!

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: August 2020

Publication date September 1, 2020
Categories: Digital Collections
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In August 2020, SMU Libraries uploaded 196 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 90 film negatives, ca. 1930-1959, from the Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection. These images were taken in Aruba and Venezuela and focus on the area’s petroleum industry. Subjects include the Lago Oil and Transport Co. refinery in Aruba, scenes of…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: August 2020