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On-n-On: Ciara Elle Bryant in Conversation with Octavia E. Butler – opening reception Sept. 1, 5 – 7 pm

Publication date August 26, 2022
Categories: Events, Exhibits, Hamon Arts Library
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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

Publication date August 25, 2022
Categories: Bridwell Library, News
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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!

Publication date August 23, 2022
Categories: Duda Family Business Library

Business Library staff sitting and standing in the main area of the library.

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!

Miniature books

Publication date August 12, 2022
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Special Collections
Categories: books, Miniatures

Summer is a good time for library housekeeping projects due to the short downtime between busy semester schedules. In August the Broadside File Box location and Miniature books were rehoused in uniform boxes and relocated to another part of the library. At the DeGolyer Library, miniature books are 10 cm and smaller. Early miniatures…Continue Reading Miniature books

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2022

Publication date August 1, 2022
Categories: Digital Collections
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In July 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 619 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 30 images, ca. 1910-1920, from the Elmer and Diane Powell Collection on Mexico and the Mexican Revolution. These images show scenes of battles in Ciudad Juárez from 1911-1919 and other events of the revolution. Included are images of soldaderas, Federal…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2022

News from the DeGolyer Library August 2022

Publication date August 1, 2022
Categories: DeGolyer Library

News from the DeGolyer Library August 2022 Closing Soon! Send Me a Postcard! Women on the Road across 19th-20th Century America “Send Me a Postcard! Women on the Road across 19th-20th Century America” highlights women’s voices and their stories across America’s roadways. Though travel has generally been associated with men, and the male prerogative of…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library August 2022

Move Update

Publication date July 21, 2022
Categories: Duda Family Business Library

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

Publication date July 13, 2022
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Special Collections
Categories: books, Manuscripts

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

News from the DeGolyer Library July 2022

Publication date July 1, 2022
Categories: DeGolyer Library

News from the DeGolyer Library July 2022 Our Latest Exhibit Send Me a Postcard! Women on the Road across 19th-20th Century America “Send Me a Postcard! Women on the Road across 19th-20th Century America” highlights women’s voices and their stories across America’s roadways. Though travel has generally been associated with men, and the male prerogative…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library July 2022

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: June 2022

Publication date July 1, 2022
Categories: Digital Collections
Categories: TexTreasures2022
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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