In June 2020, SMU Libraries uploaded 379 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 19 images, ca. 1910-1920, from the Elmer and Diane Powell Collection on Mexico and the Mexican Revolution. These images, taken around Mexico, feature Mexican and United States soldiers, several Mexican generals, and various other scenes. One example is a squadron…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: June 2020
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: May 2020
In May 2020, SMU Libraries uploaded 270 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 77 scrapbook pages, ca. 1911-1950, from Mainly Concerning Myself, a scrapbook compiled by Texas artist Edward G. Eisenlohr. This scrapbook captures a record of Eisenlohr’s life from his childhood through his later years. It features a number of black and white…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: May 2020
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: April 2020
In April 2020, SMU Libraries uploaded 183 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 27 photographs and pamphlets, 1899-1945, relating to Texas history. 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 Number TXT-20008). (2020). Among these items…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: April 2020
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: March 2020
In March 2020, SMU Libraries uploaded 204 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 74 photographs and pamphlets, 1885-1953. 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 Number TXT-20008). (2020). These items include course catalogs for schools,…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: March 2020
Octavio Medellin and the St. Bernard Church of Clairvaux mural project
“The art of this church has been the largest and most important commission given to me in the 30 years that I have been pioneering art in Texas.” On December 7, 1958, the Dallas Morning News published the above quote by Octavio Medellin in reference to his commission at the Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic…Continue Reading Octavio Medellin and the St. Bernard Church of Clairvaux mural project
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: February 2020
In February 2020, SMU Libraries uploaded 759 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 83 photographs and pamphlets, 1861-1940s. 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 Number TXT-20008). (2020). These items include promotional materials for towns…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: February 2020
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: January 2020
In January 2020, SMU Libraries uploaded 208 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 68 photographs and pamphlets, 1861-1940s. 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 Number TXT-20008). (2020). These items include campaign literature, church publications,…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: January 2020
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: December 2019
In December 2019, SMU Libraries uploaded 235 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 65 photographic prints, books, leaflets and pamphlets, 1872-1960s. 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 Number TXT-20008). (2020). Among these are city…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: December 2019
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: November 2019
In November 2019, SMU Libraries uploaded 670 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 66 photographic prints and pamphlets, 1872-1960s. 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 Number TXT-20008). (2020). Among these are cookbooks from the…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: November 2019
SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: October 2019
In October 2019, SMU Libraries uploaded 303 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 30 photographic prints, ca. 1880s-1940s. 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 Number TXT-20008). (2020). This collection contains photographs of buildings, landscapes,…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: October 2019