SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: August 2023

[Women in Mourning], ca. 1856-1860s, DeGolyer Library, SMU.

In August 2023, SMU Libraries uploaded and/or updated 298 items in SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 150 rare or unique Texas imprints, 1836-1950, including 146 broadsides covering various political events in Texas, from prohibition to opposition to President Truman. Highlights include an article announcing James Garfield’s assassination, Senator Bailey’s campaign platform, and a list of…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: August 2023

2023 STAR Award

From left to right: Melissa Johnson, Sandy Miller, Muku Santhanakrishnan, Tracey Rinehart, Gayle Freeman-Staggs, and Justin Harrison standing in front of the Kitt Investing and Trading Center in the Business Library

Announcing the Business Library‘s 2023 Super Teacher Advocating Research (STAR) Award winner is Muku Santhanakrishnan, Clinical Professor of Finance, and Associate Director of the MSF Program at Cox. Muku engaged with the Business Library principally through the MSF program.  He was instrumental in advocating for students to utilize library resources even before they begin their…Continue Reading 2023 STAR Award

What We Keep: The Objects of Immigrants to America – Wine Reception & Artist’s Talk

Goodbye to Baba - work by Jane Chu

The exhibition, What We Keep: The Objects of Immigrants to America, is an installation of fifteen drawings by artist, Jane Chu. The exhibition centers upon her mother’s journey out of China during the Chinese Revolution of 1949. In addition to her mother’s journey, Chu tells a series of stories about individuals who have immigrated to the…Continue Reading What We Keep: The Objects of Immigrants to America – Wine Reception & Artist’s Talk

Are you ready for your Business Library alumni status?

Cox alumni card saying get your Business Library alumni card.

Cox alumni may obtain lifetime free access to most library resources when visiting the Business Library in person. Please complete the Request an Alumni Card form (choose Cox School of Business from the menu) and a Business Library staff member will reach out by email. The Business Library alumni cards are valid at most SMU…Continue Reading Are you ready for your Business Library alumni status?

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2023

Tutte le opere di Dante Alighieri, 1909, Bridwell Library, SMU.

In July 2023, SMU Libraries uploaded and/or updated 716 items in SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: The Bridwell Library is pleased to announce the publication of a new digital collection, The Triple Crown at Bridwell Library. This collection showcases the works which bibliographer Colin Franklin deemed “the triple crown” of fine press printing: the…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2023

Lecture by Ifeanyi Anene, Bridwell Library

Functional Art and Societal Perception  Lecture by Ifeanyi Anene, Bridwell Library Thursday, August 10 // Reception 6pm // Lecture 6:30–7:30pm RSVP Join us at Bridwell Library for a reception at 6pm, followed by a lecture from 6:30–7:30pm. Artist’s Statement: Functional Art and Societal Perception  As a contemporary artist, I believe there is a functional purpose for every…Continue Reading Lecture by Ifeanyi Anene, Bridwell Library

Traveling to the Borscht Belt in the Catskills this summer or fall?

Directional road signs in the Catskills

If so, the newly launched Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project features a self-guided audio tour with a QR code for this region in upstate New York. If you happen to be hitchhiking (not recommended), there’s a tune from the film Catskill Honeymoon (1950, in Yiddish and English) headlining Hy Jacobson’s Yiddish-American Musical Revue.   This…Continue Reading Traveling to the Borscht Belt in the Catskills this summer or fall?