The Dallas Federation of Women’s Clubs (DFWC), originally named the City Federation of Women’s Clubs, was created in 1898 as the consolidation of five existing women’s cultural and literary clubs. At the general meeting on November 3, 1931, the federation entertained a recommendation for the formation of the Three Arts Study Club, a new women’s…Continue Reading Time for a little Arts and Crafts…
Juneteenth National Independence Day
President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. However, it was two and a half years later before Texas slaves got the message when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued the order in Galveston, “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United…Continue Reading Juneteenth National Independence Day
Highlights from Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections – Barbara Maples’ Taos Fiesta
Two museums, the Meadows Museum and the Centre Pompidou, are featuring the work of Barbara Maples, a well-known printmaker. On loan from Bywaters Special Collections to the Meadows Museum’s Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections, is Maples’ Taos Fiesta. In addition, she is one of several female artists featured in the Centre Pompidou’s…Continue Reading Highlights from Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections – Barbara Maples’ Taos Fiesta
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Anniversary
As we are now at the hundredth anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, people look back at the atrocity with questions even today. They wonder how such a thing could happen. The Tulsa massacre occurred when white mobs attacked the affluent Greenwood African American community. The complete devastation of the Greenwood neighborhood, known as…Continue Reading 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Anniversary
Swimsuit Season!
Despite the recent damp spring weather, we are looking forward to sunnier days ahead. Summer is fast approaching and with that barbeques, beach balls, and swimming. Browsing through the SMU digital collections of the Archives of Women of the Southwest, Kenda North’s photographs of sun bathers stood out. Some of the 1970s summer fashion featured…Continue Reading Swimsuit Season!
Bridwell Library Special Collections : Included in “Fossils to Film”
During the last 20 years, the Meadows Museum on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, has marveled visitors with the works of revered old masters, modern art icons and intriguing new discoveries, beautifully balancing aesthetics and original scholarship. This anniversary will be marked with a commemorative exhibition: Building on the Boulevard: Celebrating…Continue Reading Bridwell Library Special Collections : Included in “Fossils to Film”
Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections
Meadows Museum Exhibition, Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections March 14—June 20, 2021 Learn more about Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections. Bridwell Library’s Special Collections Featured Hartmann Schedel (German, 1440–1514) Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 12 July 1493 Woodcut and letterpress printing on…Continue Reading Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections
Hooray for Hollywood!
As I read through the list of Golden Globe and Academy Award winners, I realized that even though I was quarantined for the better part of last year, I somehow still missed so many movies and television shows. It seems as though 2021 will be another yearlong binge-a-thon. The papers of Margaret Tallichet Wyler document…Continue Reading Hooray for Hollywood!
National Library Week 2021
It’s National Library Week, and this year’s theme is “Welcome to Your Library.” The library universe has long extended far beyond the four walls of a building and during this past tumultuous year, librarians around the world found new ways to meet the information needs of their communities, such as curbside service virtual reference, and…Continue Reading National Library Week 2021
Remembering Larry McMurtry, Texas author and bookseller
Larry McMurtry was an author and bookseller from Archer City, Texas who wrote about Texas and the American West to worldwide acclaim. His best known works include Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment, and Brokeback Mountain. In 1969 his novel, The Last Picture Show, shared the Texas Institute of Letters award…Continue Reading Remembering Larry McMurtry, Texas author and bookseller