Month: July 2022

News from the DeGolyer-June 2022

Each month, DeGolyer Library shares updates and collection highlights via a month newsletter. You can read the latest edition here: June 2022 Want our updates delivered to your inbox? Click here to sign up to stay in touch! Past Issues: May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer-June 2022

Move Update

The Business Library has moved to Hamon Library, Lower Level

The Business Library is excited to announce that we are open! Come see us in our new location, the ground level of Hamon Arts Library. We look forward to seeing you all during the summer in our new space and throughout the Cox renovation. The Kitt Investing and Trading Center will be available later on…Continue Reading Move Update

The Virginian: 120th anniversary of a cowboy classic

Fans of American western culture are celebrating the 162nd birthday of author Owen Wister on July 14th. In 1902 Wister published The Virginian: a horseman of the plains, which is considered the basis for the modern western novel and film genres.   The Virginian is the story of an unnamed ranch hand in Wyoming called…Continue Reading The Virginian: 120th anniversary of a cowboy classic

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: June 2022

In June 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 352 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 244 images, ca. 1905-1941, from the John Miller Morris Real Photograph Postcards and Photographs of Texas. 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: June 2022