“The air is cool, the season fall, soon Halloween will come to all…” This week brings October to a close and with that my favorite holiday of the year is fast approaching. Halloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve, is celebrated in many countries on October 31st. It is a time dedicated…Continue Reading The Season of Halloween and Day of the Dead
Gettin’ Spooky with Special Collections
October is by far my favorite month of the year, and Halloween is my favorite holiday. The creepy, the kooky, and the altogether spooky has fascinated me since I was a small child. Working in the archives, you occasionally come across an image, artifact, or letter than literally sends chills down your spine. From…Continue Reading Gettin’ Spooky with Special Collections
The Dallas Morning News is 135 years old
In the early 1880s, Dallas was a rapidly growing city, but it did not yet have a thriving daily newspaper to report on the life of the community. That need was fulfilled by The Dallas Morning News. A sister publication of the Texas’ oldest periodical The Galveston News, owned by A.H. Belo, The Dallas Morning…Continue Reading The Dallas Morning News is 135 years old
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: September 2020
In September 2020, SMU Libraries uploaded 175 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 22 film negatives, ca. 1939, 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 and Lago Colony in…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: September 2020
News from the DeGolyer Library October 2020
News from the DeGolyer Library October 2020 Southern Methodist University Visit our Website Our Latest Virtual Exhibit “Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion” James G. Blaine, Grover Cleveland, and the Election of 1884 If remembered at all in the popular mind, the Presidential election of 1884 is best known, perhaps, as the “dirtiest” campaign in American history….Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library October 2020