Year: 2023

Research Assignment Stipend Spring 2023 Winners

Congratulations to the Research Assignment Stipend Spring 2023 Winners! Dr. Katharine Boswell, in collaboration with Social Science Research Librarian Julia Anderson, for Gender: Images & Perspectives (WGST 2322). Dr. Britta Hanson, in collaboration with Director of Hamon Arts Library Jolene de Verges, for International Film History (FILM 1266). Dr. Richard Hermes, in collaboration with Humanities…Continue Reading Research Assignment Stipend Spring 2023 Winners

Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form at the DMA – featured in Glasstire

In the first of a two-part essay in Glasstire, Ruben C. Cordova writes about the artist, Octavio Medellín, featured in his retrospective show at the Dallas Museum of Art. Curated by the DMA’s Mark Castro, Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form extensively features the artist’s archives from SMU Libraries Bywaters Special Collections at the Hamon Arts…Continue Reading Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form at the DMA – featured in Glasstire

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: December 2022

In December 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 283 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 140 postcards, ca. 1907-1948, 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 and Archives…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: December 2022

News from the DeGolyer Library January 2023

News from the DeGolyer Library January 2023 Updates from the Prints and Photographs Department It’s been a busy winter for the DeGolyer Prints and Photographs department, with requests for photographs coming from across the globe. The Jewish Museum in New York requested an image from our Sir Victor Sassoon collection for their upcoming exhibit, The Sassoons. Here in Dallas, Neiman…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library January 2023