Kenda North Photography Archive Donated to the DeGolyer Library, SMU It is an honor to announce that Kenda North has donated her photographic archive to the DeGolyer Library to be included in the Archives of the Women of the Southwest. The spectacular lifework collection includes color photographs from the 1970s to the present. The list…Continue Reading Kenda North Photography Collection
Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Louise Heuser Wueste (Wüste)
This artist profile is the first on several artists whose works are featured in the exhibition, Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. The earliest Texas drawing in Bywaters Special Collections is a pencil sketch of Elize Bunzen Wueste by Louise Heuser Wueste (1805 – 1874). …Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Louise Heuser Wueste (Wüste)
Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections on view
The metalwork, photographs, prints, and sculpture selected for the new exhibition, Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, are from the holdings of Bywaters Special Collections, located in the Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library. Each artist represented in the exhibition had early art training, most of it professional, yet career paths diverged as…Continue Reading Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections on view
Joining the SMU Community
Preparing students to join college life has always been a concern to university administrators. In 1915 (and for some years after), freshmen at SMU were called “Fish.” During that first spring semester, seniors pranked two unsuspecting classes with fake finals. As early as 1919, incoming freshman had mandatory psychological tests. These tests (although updated) remained…Continue Reading Joining the SMU Community
Two Texans at the MoMA: Medellin and Spruce
As part of the graduation requirements to earn my Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies from Southern Methodist University, I completed a capstone project titled Two Texans at the MoMA: Medellin and Spruce. The purpose of my project was to collaborate with the Bywaters Special Collections staff to complete a research paper using the many primary…Continue Reading Two Texans at the MoMA: Medellin and Spruce
Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker now in SMU Scholar
Published initially by Southern Methodist University Press in 2007, Central University Libraries is proud to announce Ellen Buie Niewyk’s Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker is now available as open access and free of charge in SMU Scholar. In her book, Niewyk, Curator of the Bywaters Special Collections, CUL, highlights the seminal achievements of Jerry Bywaters’ career…Continue Reading Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker now in SMU Scholar
Happy 100th Birthday to Julia Scott Reed (1917-2014)
The Archives of Women of the Southwest remembers Julia Scott Reed this July 17th on what would have been her 100th birthday. We are honored that Ms. Reed’s family placed her papers here at DeGolyer Library for future generations of scholars. Dallas native Julia Scott Reed was born July 17, 1917, daughter of Johnnie and Nina McGee….Continue Reading Happy 100th Birthday to Julia Scott Reed (1917-2014)
Helping to document the closing of a JCPenney store
It usually starts with an email from a reporter. “I am working on a story…..” The first question is “what is your deadline?” Then I begin the search for information, photographs, or anything else that can shape the story. With this assignment, the reporter was looking for specific information about the JCPenney Pendleton, Oregon,…Continue Reading Helping to document the closing of a JCPenney store
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Greer Garson’s Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver was released on June 4, 1942 and went on to win six Academy Awards, including “Best Picture,” Best Director” and “Best Actress” with Greer Garson’s stellar performance. It was the second of what would be seven nominations for “Best Actress” during Garson’s career. This depiction of English civilians’ determined resistance during the Battle of…Continue Reading Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Greer Garson’s Mrs. Miniver
Collection Spotlight: Southern Methodist University Arden Club collection
The Southern Methodist University Arden Club was the student dramatic group on campus from 1916 to 1969. The collection documents the activities of the club from its first production in 1916 and throughout its fifty-three year history. It includes artwork, clippings, correspondence, documents, ephemera, manuscripts, posters, programs, props, publicity, published works, scripts, scrapbooks, photographs and…Continue Reading Collection Spotlight: Southern Methodist University Arden Club collection