Locomotive Historian Gilbert H. Hoffman ordered the digitization of 19 Baldwin Locomotive Works’ Extra Order Books, 1890-1909, held by SMU’s DeGolyer Library. The handwritten ledgers, which contain orders for locomotive parts from the owners of the locomotive, can be used to document ownership and/or configuration changes in the engine. A self-described “genealogist for locomotives,” Hoffman…Continue Reading Forensic Railroad History: Detecting Hidden Orders for Locomotives
CUL Digital Collections Update: April 2014
In April 2014, CUL uploaded 433 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has approximately 37,408 published items. Highlights include: 23 program covers from SMU football game programs, 1928-1963. Opponents include TCU, University of Arkansas, University of Missouri, Rice, Baylor, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Ohio State, George Tech, Navy, Texas, Texas Tech, and Purdue. 62…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: April 2014
CUL Digital Collections Update: March 2014
In March 2014, CUL uploaded 311 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has approximately 36,975 published items. Highlights include: 68 lithographs from Bossoli’s Views in The Crimea. / Brierly’s Marine & Coast Sketches of the Black Sea &c. Bossoli’s Views in The Crimea contains 52 lithographs of idyllic scenes centering on the Crimean landscape…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: March 2014
Exhibit – Parables of Promise: American Advertising Fiction, 1856-2014
Parables of Promise: American Advertising Fiction, 1856-2014 DeGolyer Library Exhibit About the exhibit: One could say that a piece of fiction is always selling something, such as a political idea, a belief of how the world operates or how people (especially men and women) interact, or the promotion of religious or philosophical ideas. So it…Continue Reading Exhibit – Parables of Promise: American Advertising Fiction, 1856-2014
Newgulf: From Sulfur Boomtown to Texas Ghost Town
Now online are 49 photographic prints of Texas Gulf Sulphur Company interests (ca. 1939) in the company town of Newgulf, Texas. The images of the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company (later known as Texasgulf Inc.) are part of a TexTreasures 2014 grant project intended to digitize 1,000 prints and negatives taken by Robert Yarnall Richie (1908-1984)…Continue Reading Newgulf: From Sulfur Boomtown to Texas Ghost Town
CUL Digital Collections Update: February 2014
In February 2014, CUL uploaded 427 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has approximately 36,664 published items. Highlights include: Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill. [Panel 6], 1877, by Eadweard Muybridge[/caption] Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill, 1877, by Eadweard Muybridge, comprising 11 photographs, taken over a period of several…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: February 2014
The Texas Zephyr: A Bygone Era in Luxury Train Travel
In the 1930s, in an effort to combat the declining number of passengers, several railroads adopted the lightweight, diesel-powered Streamliner passenger trains. Combining esthetic beauty with modern science, the Streamliners were more aerodynamic than previous trains, and able to reach a higher speed. The exteriors were a mix of sleek, stainless steel and bright, vibrant…Continue Reading The Texas Zephyr: A Bygone Era in Luxury Train Travel
CUL Digital Collections Update: January 2014
In January 2014, CUL uploaded 518 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has approximately 36,217 published items. Highlights include: 146 non-oil-related Texas negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie as part of the TexTreasures FY2014 grant. Major companies include Imperial Sugar Company, Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Continental Carbon Company, Engineering Laboratories Inc., and Texas & Pacific Railway…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: January 2014
CUL Digital Collections Update: December 2013
In December 2013, SMU Central University Libraries (CUL) uploaded 488 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has 35,699 published items. Highlights include: 172 non-oil related Texas negatives, ca. 1930s-1940s, by Robert Yarnall Richie as part of the TexTreasures FY2014 grant. Companies depicted include Houston Pipe Line Company, American Airlines, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Pepperrell Manurfacturing…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: December 2013
Coco Chanel’s Dallas Visit, September 1957
On December 10, 2013, the House of Chanel will host the Métiers d’Art, a “yearly pre-fall collection and runway show dedicated to the history of the house’s founder, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel” (Dallasnews.com, 2013) in Fair Park, Dallas. Chanel’s roots in Texas go back to 1957, when she first visited Dallas to receive an award from…Continue Reading Coco Chanel’s Dallas Visit, September 1957