September 2024 – Page 2

Ellis Shuler and the Creation of the Geology Library

Publication date September 3, 2024
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Fondren Library

Fondren Library is undergoing a major renovation ahead of the opening of the Rees-Jones Library of the American West. This renovation involves relocating one-third of the library’s collection, giving staff a chance to review books that haven’t been handled in a long time. Janet Allmon in the cataloging department had one such experience. The book…Continue Reading Ellis Shuler and the Creation of the Geology Library

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: August 2024

Publication date September 3, 2024
Categories: Digital Collections
Categories: TexTreasures2025

Page 16 from the The photo-method for party baking, 1947, by Virginia Roberts, DeGolyer Library, SMU.

In August 2024, SMU Libraries uploaded or enhanced 270 items in SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 12 promotional brochures, 1925-1989, were added to the Southern Methodist University Campus Memories collection. These items, spanning the 1920s to the 1980s, feature facts about and images of SMU’s campus and student life. 20 oral history transcript excerpts,…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: August 2024