Curator and artist, Mike Morris, and his collaborators on the experimental videos, Ghosts of Lost Futures, have been busy with additional screenings of this program of works. Ghosts premiered at the Dallas Museum of Art in the Horchow Auditorium on May 22 with ten works by ten experimental video artists commissioned to re-interpret film footage…Continue Reading Fall ’21 and spring ’22 screenings for Ghosts of Lost Futures
“Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater” is an English language nursery rhyme first published in Infant Institutes, part the first: or a Nurserical Essay on the Poetry, Lyric and Allegorical, of the Earliest Ages, &c., in London around 1797. Anyone who knows me, knows I am all about pumpkins. From decorations to drinks, apparel to recipes, if it…Continue Reading Pumpkin Eater
SMU Libraries’ Faculty Information Literacy Stipend awards $1,000 to faculty for proposals that best implement an information literacy assignment into their course. Faculty collaborate with their subject librarians to design an information literacy framework to support student learning activities and assignments. The stipend is awarded upon completion of the course and the submission of a…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Recognizes Information Literacy in Courses Across Campus
America honors military veterans every year on November 11. The day was first observed as “Armistice Day” in 1919 by President Wilson, and in 1954 the federal holiday became known as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all wars. Manuscript and photograph collections of American military veterans can be found in DeGolyer Library, and below…Continue Reading Navy Veterans in DeGolyer Library Collections
While serving as curator of Bywaters Special Collections there were many times I would find interesting items housed in the archival files that were of importance to Jerry Bywaters and his colleagues. One such discovery was a folder of drawings made by John ‘Carr’ Pritchett who graduated from SMU in May 1942. Pritchett studied art…Continue Reading In Honor of Veterans’ Day: John ‘Carr’ Pritchett (1921 – 2016)
In October 2021, SMU Libraries uploaded 329 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 140 postcards, 1904-1953, 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 Archives Commission…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: October 2021