In August 2016, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 305 items into CUL Digital Collections. Highlights include: 137 items from the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection as part of the TexTreasures FY2016 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. One group…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: August 2016
Pioneers of African-American Cinema
Kino Lorber recently released Pioneers of African-American Cinema, a five DVD set with extensive film notes. An announcement of the collection’s release appeared in The New York Times (August 10, 2016), in which the film critic, J. Hoberman, stated that “there has never been a more significant video release” in cinema history. This set includes…Continue Reading Pioneers of African-American Cinema
CUL Digital Collections Update: July 2016
In July 2016, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 728 items into CUL Digital Collections. Highlights include: 256 items from the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection as part of the TexTreasures FY2016 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 37 items…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: July 2016
CUL Digital Collections Update: June 2016
In June 2016, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 230 items into CUL Digital Collections. Highlights include: 43 items from the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection as part of the TexTreasures FY2016 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The items…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: June 2016
CUL Digital Collections Update: May 2016
In May 2016, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 200 items into CUL Digital Collections. CUL now has 52,319 published items. Highlights include: 167 items from the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection as part of the TexTreasures FY2016 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the Institute of…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: May 2016
CUL Digital Collections Update: April 2016
In April 2016, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 313 items into CUL Digital Collections. Highlights include: 119 items from the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection as part of the TexTreasures FY2016 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Most of…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: April 2016
Janet Turner: Texas Printmaker
The current exhibition at Meadows Museum at SMU, Process and Innovation: Carlotta Corpron and Janet Turner, is a welcome reminder of earlier showings of Janet Turner’s prints in Dallas and elsewhere in Texas. Don’t miss Turner’s remarkable prints now on loan from Hamon’s Bywaters Special Collections, along with other private lenders, including Jack and Beverly Wilgus -donors who have…Continue Reading Janet Turner: Texas Printmaker
CUL Digital Collections Update: March 2016
In March 2016, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 398 items into CUL Digital Collections. CUL now has 51,806 published items. Highlights include: 80 postcards, ca. 1901-1970s from the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection as part of the TexTreasures FY2016 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: March 2016
CUL Digital Collections Update: February 2016
In February 2016, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 399 items into CUL Digital Collections. CUL now has approximately 51,408 published items. Highlights include: 202 items from the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection as part of the Texas Treasures FY2016 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: February 2016
Gems from the Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection
The Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection is one of the signature collections of the G. William Jones Film & Video Collection. This collection of race films from the 1930s and 1940s were discovered in an East Texas warehouse in 1983 on miraculously well-preserved nitrate stock and transferred to safety film in 1985. With the advent of…Continue Reading Gems from the Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection