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?

The Ken Heckmann Film Collection

Three tapes and four film cans in the Ken Heckmann collection

The G. William Jones Film & Video Collection is pleased to announce the acquisition of The Ken Heckmann Film Collection, an eclectic cross-section of Dallas media and local filmmaking spanning 30-plus years. After graduating from film school in Southern California, Heckmann’s career began in Los Angeles, California, working on a number of CBS productions including…Continue Reading The Ken Heckmann Film Collection

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: June 2023

Street Car, Matamoros, Mex., ca. 1924, DeGolyer Library, SMU.

In June 2023, SMU Libraries uploaded and/or updated 301 items in SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 150 postcards, ca. 1905-1950,  from the John Miller Morris Real Photographic Postcards and Photographs of Texas collection. This project was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: June 2023

The Bridwell Quill & The Bridwell Quarterly, Spring 2023

Please enjoy “An Island Without Butter,” issues 57–59 of Anthony Elia’s newsletter The Bridwell Quill along with issue 19 of Bridwell Library’s The Bridwell Quarterly (Spring 2023).                     If you have comments or questions, please feel free to contact us at mried@smu.edu….Continue Reading The Bridwell Quill & The Bridwell Quarterly, Spring 2023

“You’re in Ebby Halliday Country”

An award-winning advertising strategy played an important role in Ebby Halliday Realtors, Inc. decades long success. Weekly ads in the major newspapers: The Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times Herald and Fort Worth Star Telegram reached millions of potential clients and made the company’s brand a household name and generated millions in sales.  The Ebby Halliday papers…Continue Reading “You’re in Ebby Halliday Country”

Be sure to sign up for a Business Library research workshop!

Two students using a Bloomberg in the Kitt Investing & Trading Center, the Business Library logo, and Business Library Workshops - Register on our website - Workshops & Events

By attending a library workshop in the Kitt Investing & Trading Center, you will gain experience with using research resources for a variety of topics. You may encounter many of these online databases in the workplace and being able to list them on your resume or mention them during interviews is a plus. Each of…Continue Reading Be sure to sign up for a Business Library research workshop!