The Dallas Federation of Women’s Clubs (DFWC), originally named the City Federation of Women’s Clubs, was created in 1898 as the consolidation of five existing women’s cultural and literary clubs. At the general meeting on November 3, 1931, the federation entertained a recommendation for the formation of the Three Arts Study Club, a new women’s…Continue Reading Time for a little Arts and Crafts…
Juneteenth National Independence Day
President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. However, it was two and a half years later before Texas slaves got the message when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued the order in Galveston, “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United…Continue Reading Juneteenth National Independence Day
News from the DeGolyer Library June 2021
News from the DeGolyer Library Southern Methodist University June 2021 News & Notes Sam Holley-Kline, PhD, a Dean’s Postdoctoral Scholar at Florida State University, is using an image (left) held in the Isabel T. Kelly Ethnographic Archive for a forthcoming article in the journal Ethnohistory. Some years ago, while working on his dissertation at Stanford University, he…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library June 2021
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Anniversary
As we are now at the hundredth anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, people look back at the atrocity with questions even today. They wonder how such a thing could happen. The Tulsa massacre occurred when white mobs attacked the affluent Greenwood African American community. The complete devastation of the Greenwood neighborhood, known as…Continue Reading 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Anniversary
Swimsuit Season!
Despite the recent damp spring weather, we are looking forward to sunnier days ahead. Summer is fast approaching and with that barbeques, beach balls, and swimming. Browsing through the SMU digital collections of the Archives of Women of the Southwest, Kenda North’s photographs of sun bathers stood out. Some of the 1970s summer fashion featured…Continue Reading Swimsuit Season!
News from the DeGolyer Library May 2021
News from the DeGolyer Library May 2021 Southern Methodist University Our Latest Virtual Exhibit Best of the DeGolyer: Items featured in ‘Fossils to Film’ This spring, the Meadows Museum is celebrating its unique association with SMU with a new exhibit, Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections. Fossils to Film brings together highlights from libraries and…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library May 2021
Hooray for Hollywood!
As I read through the list of Golden Globe and Academy Award winners, I realized that even though I was quarantined for the better part of last year, I somehow still missed so many movies and television shows. It seems as though 2021 will be another yearlong binge-a-thon. The papers of Margaret Tallichet Wyler document…Continue Reading Hooray for Hollywood!
National Library Week 2021
It’s National Library Week, and this year’s theme is “Welcome to Your Library.” The library universe has long extended far beyond the four walls of a building and during this past tumultuous year, librarians around the world found new ways to meet the information needs of their communities, such as curbside service virtual reference, and…Continue Reading National Library Week 2021
News from the DeGolyer Library April 2021
News from the DeGolyer Library April 2021 Southern Methodist University Our Latest Virtual Exhibit Best of the DeGolyer: Items featured in ‘Fossils to Film’ This spring, the Meadows Museum is celebrating its unique association with SMU with a new exhibit, Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections. Fossils to Film brings together highlights from libraries and…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library April 2021
Remembering Larry McMurtry, Texas author and bookseller
Larry McMurtry was an author and bookseller from Archer City, Texas who wrote about Texas and the American West to worldwide acclaim. His best known works include Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment, and Brokeback Mountain. In 1969 his novel,…Continue Reading Remembering Larry McMurtry, Texas author and bookseller