Year: 2020

The Season of Halloween and Day of the Dead

    “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

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

Ideals of Womanhood

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

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!

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

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

News from the DeGolyer Library September 2020

News from the DeGolyer Library September 2020 Southern Methodist University Visit our Website Our Latest Virtual Exhibit Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes: An Exhibition Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment “Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes: An Exhibition Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment” features over 100 objects from…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library September 2020