Please enjoy “Of Antiques and Mindfulness” issues 47–49 of Anthony Elia’s newsletter The Bridwell Quill along with Issue 16 of Bridwell Library’s The Bridwell Quarterly (Summer 2022). If you have comments or questions, please feel free to contact us at mried@smu.edu. Happy reading!…Continue Reading The Bridwell Quarterly Summer 2022 & The Bridwell Quill Issues 47–49
The Only Woman in the Room
What one thing is not like the others? Could it be the only woman in the room? This portrait was published in the Great Falls Tribune “Montana’s Best News Gatherer” on September 23, 1957. It was taken at the pre-convention barbeque mixer for the 10th Annual convention of the Montana Association of Realtors. Dallas real…Continue Reading The Only Woman in the Room
There’s a Doctor in the House…
Anita Nanez Martinez was born in Dallas, Texas on December 8, 1925, the fifth of six children born to Jose and Anita Nanez. She lived in the Dallas neighborhood known as “Little Mexico”. From her early childhood, Martinez demonstrated a passion for community advocacy and volunteerism. At the age of 14, she led her first…Continue Reading There’s a Doctor in the House…
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: August 2022
In August 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 188 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 41 items, 1824-1973, from the Ridge Family Papers. These items include John Ridge’s 1835 journal while he was a Cherokee Nation delegate to Washington D.C. when the Cherokee Nation was in the process of ceding all Cherokee lands east of…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: August 2022
Celebrating the Danse Macabre with Kahn & Selesnick
Visit Bridwell’s Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries Exhibition open from September 12–December 16, 2022 LEAD STEALING THE DANSE MACABRE: CHANGING ROLES & IDENTITIES IN THE MODERN DANCE OF DEATH Meet Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick, the gallery’s featured artists at Bridwell’s Celebrating the Danse Macabre event. Bridwell Library and SMU’s Department of Art History welcome the…Continue Reading Celebrating the Danse Macabre with Kahn & Selesnick
Research Assignment Stipend Fall 2022 Winners
Congratulations to the Research Assignment Stipend Fall 2022 Winners! Dr. Piyawan Charoensap-Kelly, in collaboration with Social Science Research Librarian Naomi Schemm, for Communication Theory (CCPA 2327). Dr. Alejandro D’Brot, in collaboration with Engineering Librarian Sylvia Jones, for Gene Editing Lab (BIOL 4380). Dr. K. Ann Horsburgh, in collaboration with Social Science Research Librarian Julia Anderson, for…Continue Reading Research Assignment Stipend Fall 2022 Winners
New Exhibit in Hawn Gallery at Hamon Arts Library
On-n-On: Ciara Elle Bryant in Conversation with Octavia E. Butler will place Bryant’s new media installation work in dialogue with Butler’s literary influence on contemporary art practices. The exhibition will showcase Hamon Arts Library holdings related to Octavia Butler’s writing alongside a mixed media installation by Dallas artist Ciara Elle Bryant pertaining to identity, bibliography, and…Continue Reading New Exhibit in Hawn Gallery at Hamon Arts Library
On-n-On: Ciara Elle Bryant in Conversation with Octavia E. Butler – opening reception Sept. 1, 5 – 7 pm
On-n-On: Ciara Elle Bryant in Conversation with Octavia E. Butler will place Bryant’s new media installation work in dialogue with Butler’s literary influence on contemporary art practices. The exhibition will showcase Hamon Arts Library holdings related to Octavia Butler’s writing alongside a mixed media installation by Dallas artist Ciara Elle Bryant pertaining to identity, bibliography,…Continue Reading On-n-On: Ciara Elle Bryant in Conversation with Octavia E. Butler – opening reception Sept. 1, 5 – 7 pm
From SMU to Samarkand: Bridwell Director Visits Central Asia
August 24, 2022 By Anthony J. Elia, Director of Bridwell Library During the month of May, I spent three weeks traveling through the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan, in what is often considered the center of the ancient Silk Road. While this historical confluence of markets, trade routes, and nodes of transcontinental commerce reaches deeply into…Continue Reading From SMU to Samarkand: Bridwell Director Visits Central Asia
Watch our Welcome to the Business Library video!
A new semester is upon us and the Business Library wants to welcome new and returning students to our new location in the lower level of Hamon Arts Library! We hope you all have a great semester #ponyup Direct video link: https://youtu.be/2-L71hB13xU…Continue Reading Watch our Welcome to the Business Library video!