I love to read. My spare time is spent with books from cozy mystery series to the latest thrillers and biographies. Fortunately I found a career that enables me to read and learn new things every day. Unfortunately reading does not come easy to everyone. Many people are dealing with learning disabilities that impair their…Continue Reading A, E, I, O, U: The Childs Spelling System combats Dyslexia in Dallas
The Prison Letters of Albert Horsley
‘The Trial of the Century’ is a bold claim which is perhaps ascribed a hundred times over a hundred years. People my age would probably give the O.J. Simpson trial that title, while their parents or grandparents may contend that it really describes the Manson family trial, or the Lindbergh kidnapping proceedings. For others, when…Continue Reading The Prison Letters of Albert Horsley
The Iron Orchard
This week the movie adaptation of Tom Pendleton’s epic 1966 novel, The Iron Orchard, opens in theaters. His book tells the story of Jim McNeely’s rise from oil roughneck to wildcatter in mid-twentieth century Texas, and is based on the author’s experience in the oil business. Tom Pendleton was a pseudonym for Edmund…Continue Reading The Iron Orchard
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Trailblazing journalist Julia Scott Reed found her voice during the height of the civil rights movement in the United States. Using her position in the newsroom, her “open line” to the black community in Dallas brought awareness and inspiration to her readers. Dallas native Julia Scott Reed was born July 17, 1917, daughter of Johnnie…Continue Reading Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Love is in the Air! War-time Letters Between Stanley Marcus and His Wife, Billie
As February moves on towards Valentine’s Day, one’s thoughts turn to expressions of affection and love – flowers, cards, gifts, decorations, etc. In thinking about the season, I am reminded of letters in the Stanley Marcus Papers between him and his wife. Marcus married the former Mary “Billie” Cantrell in 1932. During World War II, Stanley Marcus,…Continue Reading Love is in the Air! War-time Letters Between Stanley Marcus and His Wife, Billie
News from the DeGolyer Library–February 2019
News from the DeGolyer Library February 2019 Southern Methodist University Visit our Website Our New Exhibit “A Highway to the Pacific”: Building the Transcontinental Railroad. On May 10, 1869, the last rail was laid, a golden spike was driven, and the Union Pacific Railroad, proceeding west from Omaha, and the Central Pacific Railroad, proceeding…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library–February 2019
Notes in the Margins
Do you write in your books? You’re not alone–in our copy of Francis Bacon’s The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh (1622), one reader went beyond underlining key points or scribbling notes in margins, and created an index where there was none. Francis Bacon wrote The Historie of the Raigne of King…Continue Reading Notes in the Margins
Corporate Christmas Greetings
As Mitt Romney famously said, “Corporations are people, my friend.” Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, corporations, at times, do act like people. This is most evident during the Holiday Season. Businesses, made up of people, mark this time of year in creative ways. Sometimes they try to increase sales, and sometimes they are…Continue Reading Corporate Christmas Greetings
A Life of Service: George H. W. Bush
A Texas icon and 41st president, George H. W. Bush (1924-2018) died November 30, 2018 at his home in Houston. Bush, the patriarch of one of the most influential political families in the U.S., was 94. Barbara, his wife of 73 years, died last April. They had six children, among them George W. Bush, 43rd…Continue Reading A Life of Service: George H. W. Bush
Primrose’s Past lives on in the Archives of Women of the Southwest
Longtime Dallas businesswoman, philanthropist, and writer Caroline Rose Hunt passed away on Tuesday, November 13 at the age of 95. In 2008 Ms. Hunt donated her personal papers to the Archives of Women of the Southwest at the DeGolyer Library. Her papers include letters, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, speeches, diaries, awards, and business related papers from…Continue Reading Primrose’s Past lives on in the Archives of Women of the Southwest