News from the DeGolyer Library December 2020 Southern Methodist University Visit our Website Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year from all of us at the DeGolyer Library! So long (and good riddance) to 2020. We look forward to seeing you all in our reading room sometime next year. Our Latest Virtual Exhibit “Rum, Romanism,…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library December 2020
Turkey Season
It’s not hard to figure out why Turkey, and its preceding political entities, the former Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Empire, and Eastern Roman Empire, have been written about at length by western European diplomats, historians, and travelers. The region which encompasses some of the earliest sites of permeant human settlement, is positioned at a critical geographic…Continue Reading Turkey Season
Someone’s back in the Kitchen…
Hard to believe that next week is Thanksgiving. It is even harder to believe how different the holidays might look. Last year I spent Thanksgiving with my family, and whipped up a traditional feast of turkey, stuffing, and assorted sides. In my post from last fall, “Someone’s in the Kitchen,” I scoped out some fun…Continue Reading Someone’s back in the Kitchen…
News from the DeGolyer Library November 2020
News from the DeGolyer Library November 2020 Southern Methodist University Visit our Website Our Latest Virtual Exhibit “Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion” James G. Blaine, Grover Cleveland, and the Election of 1884 If remembered at all in the popular mind, the Presidential election of 1884 is best known, perhaps, as the “dirtiest” campaign in American history….Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library November 2020
The Season of Halloween and Day of the Dead
“The air is cool, the season fall, soon Halloween will come to all…” This week brings October to a close and with that my favorite holiday of the year is fast approaching. Halloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve, is celebrated in many countries on October 31st. It is a time dedicated…Continue Reading The Season of Halloween and Day of the Dead
Gettin’ Spooky with Special Collections
October is by far my favorite month of the year, and Halloween is my favorite holiday. The creepy, the kooky, and the altogether spooky has fascinated me since I was a small child. Working in the archives, you occasionally come across an image, artifact, or letter than literally sends chills down your spine. From…Continue Reading Gettin’ Spooky with Special Collections
The Dallas Morning News is 135 years old
In the early 1880s, Dallas was a rapidly growing city, but it did not yet have a thriving daily newspaper to report on the life of the community. That need was fulfilled by The Dallas Morning News. A sister publication of the Texas’ oldest periodical The Galveston News, owned by A.H. Belo, The Dallas Morning…Continue Reading The Dallas Morning News is 135 years old
News from the DeGolyer Library October 2020
News from the DeGolyer Library October 2020 Southern Methodist University Visit our Website Our Latest Virtual Exhibit “Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion” James G. Blaine, Grover Cleveland, and the Election of 1884 If remembered at all in the popular mind, the Presidential election of 1884 is best known, perhaps, as the “dirtiest” campaign in American history….Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library October 2020
Ideals of Womanhood
The Reeves family papers comprise documents related to the African American Community in Austin, Texas circa 1920s to 1940s. There are approximately 60 letters, programs, essays and other items of ephemera compiled by four sisters who lived together on Nueces Street: Mary (1890-1934), Anna (1911-?) and Estella Reeves (1904-1932), and Carrie Warren (1892-1965). Part of…Continue Reading Ideals of Womanhood
News from the DeGolyer Library September 2020
News from the DeGolyer Library September 2020 Southern Methodist University Visit our Website Our Latest Virtual Exhibit Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes: An Exhibition Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment “Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes: An Exhibition Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment” features over 100 objects from…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library September 2020