The Dallas Federation of Women’s Clubs (DFWC), originally named the City Federation of Women’s Clubs, was created in 1898 as the consolidation of five existing women’s cultural and literary clubs. At the general meeting on November 3, 1931, the federation entertained a recommendation for the formation of the Three Arts Study Club, a new women’s…Continue Reading Time for a little Arts and Crafts…
Juneteenth National Independence Day
President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. However, it was two and a half years later before Texas slaves got the message when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued the order in Galveston, “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United…Continue Reading Juneteenth National Independence Day
Highlights from Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections – Barbara Maples’ Taos Fiesta
Two museums, the Meadows Museum and the Centre Pompidou, are featuring the work of Barbara Maples, a well-known printmaker. On loan from Bywaters Special Collections to the Meadows Museum’s Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections, is Maples’ Taos Fiesta. In addition, she is one of several female artists featured in the Centre Pompidou’s…Continue Reading Highlights from Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections – Barbara Maples’ Taos Fiesta
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: May 2021
In May 2021, SMU Libraries uploaded 424 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 208 real photographic postcards, ca. 1872-1940s, from the John Miller Morris Real Photographic Postcards and Photographs of Texas collection. This project was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: May 2021
News from the DeGolyer Library June 2021
News from the DeGolyer Library Southern Methodist University June 2021 Visit our Website News & Notes Sam Holley-Kline, PhD, a Dean’s Postdoctoral Scholar at Florida State University, is using an image (left) held in the Isabel T. Kelly Ethnographic Archive for a forthcoming article in the journal Ethnohistory. Some years ago, while working on his dissertation at…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library June 2021