News from the DeGolyer Library July 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 filmed her visit to the DeGolyer reading room and her tour of the SMU archives, led by University Archivist Joan Gosnell, which you can view below. Click here to read the article.

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

The Ronald L. Davis Oral History collection is featured in the new HBO documentary, Rock Hudson: All that Heaven Allowed. The documentary examines the life and legacy of the golden age movie star. The film features multiple interviews that Ron Davis conducted with Hudson and other Hollywood figures. Davis was a Professor of History at SMU who recorded more than 500 interviews during the 1970s and 1980s with figures from film, radio, vaudeville, theater, and music. While the transcripts of interviews had been accessible to researchers, this film marks the first time that the audio was made available. Click here to learn more about the collection.

Exhibits

“I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere”: Collecting the Multilingual Canon

May 26th-September 22nd

The enduring appeal of fiction’s greatest detective is explored through selections from DeGolyer Library’s Donald J. Hobbs Collection, which contains more than 8,000 volumes and translations of the Sherlock Holmes canon in 108 languages.

8:30am to 5:00pm

Monday – Friday

Hillcrest Foundation Exhibit Hall, Fondren Library

New Collections

Recently Accessioned

A2023.0042 – Darlene White DeLee family papers

A2023.0043c – Ted Battles collection on Midland, Texas baseball

A2023.0044 – Bobby Brown papers

A2023.0045c – Don Bisplinghoff papers

A2023.0046 – Vincent Quatroche scrapbooks of National Railway Historical Society conventions

A2023.0047 – Ratcliffe Advertising Agency records

A2023.0048 – Dorothy Sloan Books records

A2023.0049 – Frank Fogleman collection on King Arthur

A2023.0050 – Earle Labor collection on Jack London

A2023.0051c – Dorothy Starr letters

A2023.0052c – Collection of United Citizens for Nixon-Agnew materials

A2023.0053c – Edward J. Shriver papers

A2023.0054c – Pocket register, Neb. State Penitentiary : autograph manuscript

A2023.0055c – M.F. Hoag letter from Cross, Oklahoma Territory

A2023.0056c – Mary Groslouis correspondence regarding Colville Indian Reservation land allotments

A2023.0057c – William Hutchison travel diary

A2023.0058c – Jesse Stem letter to his wife

A2023.0059c – William E. Dodge letter to A.S. Easten

A2023.0060c – Collection of news about West Texas oil industry

A2023.0061c – Collection of S. Cameron cartoon publications

A2023.0062c – Dwyer family papers

New Finding Aids

Flexible Computer Corporation records

Flexible Computer Corporation was founded by Dr. Mathew Nicholas Matelan and Lawrence Samartin in Dallas, Texas. The Company produced the Flex/32 computer and was active from 1983-1989. This collection contains documents on the origin of the company, business records, technical manuals, slide and videotape presentations, and memorabilia.

Bobby Brown papers

Bobby Brown was a third baseman for the New York Yankees from 1946-1952, years during which the Yankees won the World Series four times. After his baseball playing career ended, Dr. Bobby Brown practiced cardiology in North Texas. He later served as Texas Rangers interim president in 1974 and then as American League president, 1984-1994. His papers include correspondence with Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, photographs, and scrapbooks.