In September 2021, SMU Libraries uploaded 410 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 54 postcards, ca. 1913-1917, from the Elmer and Diane Powell Collection on Mexico and the Mexican Revolution. These images show scenes from the Decena Trágica and its aftermath. Included are portraits of Mexican Federal officials and generals, images of Federal…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: September 2021
News from the DeGolyer Library October 2021
News from the DeGolyer Library Southern Methodist University October 2021 Our Latest Exhibit Engaged with Books: Photographs Over Time September 9 through November 12, 2021 Hillcrest Foundation Exhibit Hall, Fondren Library For our first exhibition since January 2020, we chose to celebrate reading and the written word by showcasing photographs of people holding books and other reading…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library October 2021
Report from the Red Carpet – The Velvet Underground at the Cannes Film Festival
After a thorough bout of negotiations, the previously lost film footage of the Velvet Underground performing at a Vietnam War protest at Dallas’ White Rock Lake in 1969 has made it into The Velvet Underground, a documentary directed by Todd Haynes. The documentary, mirroring the name of the band itself, contains this special footage that…Continue Reading Report from the Red Carpet – The Velvet Underground at the Cannes Film Festival