The DeGolyer Library has processed the working and research papers of pioneering feminist and women’s rights activist Maura McNiel known as “mother of the women’s liberation movement in Dallas”. McNiel’s interest and activism had its roots at Southern Methodist University, when McNiel attended the Symposium on the Education of Women for Social and Political Leadership…Continue Reading “I’m mad.”…Feminist activist Maura McNiel
The papers of Don Meredith—SMU alum, Dallas Cowboys Quarterback, sports commentator, and actor are now available to researchers at the SMU Archives. Joseph “Dandy” Don Meredith (1938-2010) was born and raised in east Texas, where he acted in school plays, excelled in basketball and football, and graduated second in his class. Meredith was a…Continue Reading “Dandy” Don Meredith comes to the SMU Archives
Legend has it that the ghost of former SMU President Umphrey Lee prowls the west stacks of Fondren Library. Visitors have reported hearing unexplained noises, walking through strange cold spots, and finding books that have mysteriously fallen off the shelves and onto the floor. Is the ghost of SMU’s fourth president to blame? As…Continue Reading Have you heard the tale of the haunted library?
National Comic Book Day on September 25 is a time to celebrate the artists, writers, and fans of the genre that became popular in the 1930s. Cartoons and comic strips appeared in newspapers in the late nineteenth century, and collections of these strips were published in book form in the early twentieth century. Slim paperback…Continue Reading National Comic Book Day
News from the DeGolyer Library August 2023 News & Notes DeGolyer Library was happy to provide reference material for Tracy Daugherty’s latest biography, Larry McMurtry: A Life, which will be released September 12th. Daugherty, a Midland, Texas, native and SMU alum, is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Oregon State University, and has previously…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library August 2023
News from the DeGolyer Library July 2023 News & Notes “My grandmother moved from Korea to attend SMU in the ’50s. Her story is mine too” Dallas Morning News reporter Elizabeth Myong visited the SMU archives earlier this year to learn more about her grandmother’s experience as a Korean student at SMU in the 1950s. Myong…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library July 2023
An award-winning advertising strategy played an important role in Ebby Halliday Realtors, Inc. decades long success. Weekly ads in the major newspapers: The Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times Herald and Fort Worth Star Telegram reached millions of potential clients and made the company’s brand a household name and generated millions in sales. The Ebby Halliday papers…Continue Reading “You’re in Ebby Halliday Country”
News from the DeGolyer Library June 2023 News & Notes This year, we’ve been lucky to have project archivist Krishna Shenoy join the staff of the DeGolyer Library. Krishna has been processing the Ebby Halliday papers, and recently published the finding aid for the collection, which is featured below. Krishna is a librarian and archivist…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library June 2023
Ebby Halliday did not graduate from SMU, but many in her close circle of friends and family did. Her husband Maurice Wilson Acers belonged to the class of 1925, majoring in political science with a minor in religion and received the SMU’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1984. Her mother-in-law, Effie Elizabeth Acers was a charter…Continue Reading Ebby and SMU
Ebby Halliday Realtors, Inc. was operating for eight years when Ebby opened her second office at 8117 Preston Road on December 13, 1953. It was during this time that Ebby became an early adopter of the multiple listing service (M.L.S.) organized by the Dallas Realtor Board and was one of the brokers to handle the…Continue Reading Ebby and M.L.S. Enter the Computer Age