In August 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 188 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 41 items, 1824-1973, from the Ridge Family Papers. These items include John Ridge’s 1835 journal while he was a Cherokee Nation delegate to Washington D.C. when the Cherokee Nation was in the process of ceding all Cherokee lands east of…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: August 2022
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2022
In July 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 619 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 30 images, ca. 1910-1920, from the Elmer and Diane Powell Collection on Mexico and the Mexican Revolution. These images show scenes of battles in Ciudad Juárez from 1911-1919 and other events of the revolution. Included are images of soldaderas, Federal…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2022
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: June 2022
In June 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 352 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 244 images, ca. 1905-1941, from the John Miller Morris Real Photograph Postcards and Photographs of Texas. This project was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and Archives Commission…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: June 2022
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: May 2022
In May 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 502 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 212 images, ca. 1905-1941, from the John Miller Morris Real Photograph Postcards and Photographs of Texas. This project was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and Archives Commission…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: May 2022
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: April 2022
In April 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 537 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 191 images, ca. 1902-1950s, from the John Miller Morris Real Photograph Postcards and Photographs of Texas. This project was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and Archives Commission…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: April 2022
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: March 2022
In March 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 331 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 209 photographs and postcards, ca. 1903-1937, from the John Miller Morris Real Photograph Postcards and Photographs of Texas. This project was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: March 2022
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: February 2022
In February 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 295 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 210 images, ca. 1890s-1950 from the John Miller Morris Real Photographic Postcard and Photographs Collection. This project was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (Grant…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: February 2022
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: January 2022
In January 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 338 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 274 images, ca. 1885-1975, from the John Miller Morris Real Photographic Postcard and Photographs Collection. This project was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (Grant…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: January 2022
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: December 2021
In December 2021, SMU Libraries uploaded 153 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 39 photographs, 1954-1967, from the Richard Steinheimer Photograph Collection. Highlights include five aerial shots from the Colorado Springs area and twenty-five photographs in Roseville, CA, including shots of the Barker Hotel, Zell’s Restaurant, the old Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, and…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: December 2021
In memory of Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
The enormously prolific and influential composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, passed away on November 26, 2021. Known for his generosity in sharing his knowledge and tutelage in the field of musical composition, Sondheim came to SMU to receive the Meadows Prize in 1994 and spoke to students and the SMU community about his ideas on…Continue Reading In memory of Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)