The Rees-Jones Collection continues to expand as excitement mounts for the 2025 groundbreaking of the much-anticipated library. These articles by Pat Ward appear in the Fall 2024 issue of the SMU Libraries Newsletter. Mapping early Texas history An 1833 Texas map commissioned by Stephen F. Austin and presented to the Rees-Jones Library of the American…Continue Reading Rare Maps, Early Texas History, and Serendipity
This announcement, along with other news at Bridwell Library, can be found in the Fall 2024 editions of The Bridwell Quarterly and The Bridwell Quill. One need not travel across time or space to learn the stories of those who came before – they need only to visit Bridwell Library, and specifically, Bridwell Library’s Special…Continue Reading A World Awaits at Bridwell Library
The Jones Film & Video Collection in the Hamon Arts Library will host an evening of film and television history on Tuesday, October 29th, 7pm, in the Jeff Gordon Film Collection and Screening Room, 3rd floor Hamon Library. The event is free and open to the public. Shortly before filming Psycho, Russell worked as the cinematographer for…Continue Reading Get ready for Halloween with Psycho (1960) and the Cinematography of John L. Russell
Robert T. Anderson was an internationally renowned organist who taught at Southern Methodist University from 1960-1996. He was also the organist for Perkins Chapel during his distinguished career at SMU. Robert Theodore Anderson was born 90 years ago on October 5 in Chicago, Illinois, and began studying piano at age 5 and organ at the…Continue Reading Remembering Robert T. Anderson
WFAA-TV first broadcast in North Texas on September 17, 1949 as KBTV. In 1950 Channel 8’s call letters changed to WFAA and the station became an ABC affiliate. For 75 years WFAA has covered local news, world events, and provided original programming such as Peppermint Place, PM Magazine, and Good Morning Texas. In 2010,…Continue Reading WFAA-TV’s 75th anniversary
Anthony Elia, director of Bridwell Library, was invited to give two lectures at the World Methodist Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, this past August. The conference—held every five years in a different location—was attended by more than 1,200 delegates from across the globe, and each assembly is guided by a different theme. This year, the theme…Continue Reading Bridwell in Sweden
SMU Libraries will be on the big screen this week at the second annual IT CAME FROM TEXAS Film Festival at Garland’s Plaza Theatre. The festival, which will take place from September 13-15, is sponsored by the City of Garland and Garland Cultural Arts and features films made in Texas. The festival will showcase three…Continue Reading Coming Soon to a Screen Near You
Yosemite: The Manchester Album The Rees-Jones Collection expands its holdings in masterworks by pioneering photographers of the American West with the recent acquisition of Yosemite: The Manchester Album. The unique compilation of 25 mammoth-plate images, captured by Carleton Watkins between 1861 and 1867, includes beautifully composed views of Half Dome, Cathedral Rocks, El Capitan and…Continue Reading Early Yosemite Photographs
This spring, we moved five of our largest collections (Stanley Marcus, J. Erik Jonsson, Texas Instruments, Belo Corporation, and JCPenney) from the basement of the Science Information Center to the East Basement. The move is in preparation for the construction of the new Trevor Rees-Jones Library. With the help of our awesome student assistants—Jeremy Baron,…Continue Reading Endings and New Beginnings
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal, when on the 25th of April in 1974, a coup supported by the public ended the Estado Novo (New State) dictatorship. Estado Novo had come to power in 1933 under António de Oliveira Salazar, who led an authoritarian regime defined by nationalism and religious…Continue Reading Portuguese Highlights from the DeGolyer Library