Functional Art and Societal Perception Lecture by Ifeanyi Anene, Bridwell Library Thursday, August 10 // Reception 6pm // Lecture 6:30–7:30pm RSVP Join us at Bridwell Library for a reception at 6pm, followed by a lecture from 6:30–7:30pm. Artist’s Statement: Functional Art and Societal Perception As a contemporary artist, I believe there is a functional purpose for every…Continue Reading Lecture by Ifeanyi Anene, Bridwell Library
If so, the newly launched Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project features a self-guided audio tour with a QR code for this region in upstate New York. If you happen to be hitchhiking (not recommended), there’s a tune from the film Catskill Honeymoon (1950, in Yiddish and English) headlining Hy Jacobson’s Yiddish-American Musical Revue. This…Continue Reading Traveling to the Borscht Belt in the Catskills this summer or fall?
The G. William Jones Film & Video Collection is pleased to announce the acquisition of The Ken Heckmann Film Collection, an eclectic cross-section of Dallas media and local filmmaking spanning 30-plus years. After graduating from film school in Southern California, Heckmann’s career began in Los Angeles, California, working on a number of CBS productions including…Continue Reading The Ken Heckmann Film Collection
In June 2023, SMU Libraries uploaded and/or updated 301 items in SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 150 postcards, ca. 1905-1950, 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…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: June 2023
News from the DeGolyer Library July 2023 News & Notes “My grandmother moved from Korea to attend SMU in the ’50s. Her story is mine too” Dallas Morning News reporter Elizabeth Myong visited the SMU archives earlier this year to learn more about her grandmother’s experience as a Korean student at SMU in the 1950s. Myong…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library July 2023