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
News from the DeGolyer Library-November 2018
News from the DeGolyer Library November 2018 Southern Methodist University Recent Events On November 13th, Andrew Dowdy spoke in the Texana Room about his new book, Wanderer on the American Frontier (Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, 2018). Based in part on a long-lost manuscript that was acquired during SMU’s centennial to celebrate the Year of the Library…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library-November 2018
News from the DeGolyer Library-October 2018
Upcoming Events On Tuesday, November 13th, join us in the Fondren Library’s Texana Room, where author and editor Andrew Dowdy will discuss his new book, Wanderer on the American Frontier. Based in part on a long-lost manuscript now at SMU’s DeGolyer Library, Wanderer on the American Frontier tells the story of explorer John Maley’s travels in the Ohio,…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library-October 2018
“I Was Born into a Red Land”
Everette Lee DeGolyer was born October 9, 1886, in a sod house near Greensburg, Kansas. He was the first-born child of John and Narcissa (Huddle) DeGolyer. The couple had married April 17, 1883, at Iuka, Marion County, Illinois. John DeGolyer was a native of Indiana, born at Napoleonville, January 26, 1859. Narcissa Huddle was born…Continue Reading “I Was Born into a Red Land”
DeGolyer Library goes live at DFW Archives Bazaar
Reference, Access, Outreach. These words don’t mean much to the public, but for archivists, they describe how we interact with the public. People might understand that we collect old “stuff,” but then what happens? Reference happens. In the DeGolyer Library we help people find answers through phone calls, via email, and when they come…Continue Reading DeGolyer Library goes live at DFW Archives Bazaar
DeGolyer Newsletter
News from the DeGolyer Library October 2018 Southern Methodist University Upcoming Events On Tuesday, November 13th, join us in the Fondren Library’s Texana Room, where author and editor Andrew Dowdy will discuss his new book, Wanderer on the American Frontier. Based in part on a long-lost manuscript now at SMU’s DeGolyer Library, Wanderer on the…Continue Reading DeGolyer Newsletter
News from the DeGolyer Library-September 2018
News from the DeGolyer Library September 2018 Southern Methodist University Recent Events Our Current Exhibit This month, the DeGolyer premiered its new exhibit, “Written in a Tropical Glow: Books, Prints and Manuscripts Describing the Biological Exploration of the New World Tropics.” Located in the Hillcrest Foundation Exhibit Hall, “Tropical Glow” examines the work of naturalists…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library-September 2018
The Integrated Circuit has just turned 60
During late summer 1958, many of Texas Instruments’ employees were enjoying the company’s annual two-week vacation. Not Jack Kilby, who as a recently hired engineer, had not accrued enough vacation time and kept on working in TI’s Semiconductor Components division in Dallas. TI was developing the micro-module program with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, but…Continue Reading The Integrated Circuit has just turned 60
Doing It–Creating Controversy at SMU
During the summer, our friends at the William G Jones film archives discovered a fascinating, and little known, story about an uproar at Southern Methodist University in its WFAA Newsfilm Collection. The controversy centered over the student handbook. Student handbooks are often the most mundane of publications—they’re rarely even read by the students who are…Continue Reading Doing It–Creating Controversy at SMU