Joe Coomer: A Life in Letters Exhibition at DeGolyer Library Acclaimed author Joe Coomer ’81 recently donated his literary archive — more than 20 boxes of materials – to the DeGolyer Library. The current exhibit draws on this wealth of material, from Coomer’s earliest undergraduate essays and exams to manuscripts of his most recent novels….Continue Reading Exhibit – Joe Coomer: A Life in Letters
CUL Digital Collections Update: February 2013
In February 2013, CUL uploaded 416 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has approximately 30,437 published items. Highlights include:188 Texas-related oil negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie as part of the TexTreasures FY2013 grant 34 negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie, including the 20 items from the Dugan Brothers Bakery, 1938 31 photographs of the Potrero del…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: February 2013
CUL Digital Collections Update: January 2013
In January 2013, CUL uploaded 346 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has approximately 30,021 published items. Highlights include: 15 negatives of Larry Hagman from the J. Allen Hansley photographs at the Rosewood Crescent Club, 1988 30 videos from the SMU Video Archive Series producted by Central University Libraries 131 Texas-related oil negatives by…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: January 2013
Exhibit – Civil War in Photographs: New Perspectives from the Robin Stanford Collection
Civil War in Photographs: New Perspectives from the Robin Stanford Collection Exhibition About the opening program Civil War in Photographs: New Perspectives from the Robin Stanford Collection Exhibition Opening and Program Location: DeGolyer Library Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013 Time: Reception 6pm Texanan Room, Lecture 6:30pm with Richard McCaslin, PhD; Stanley Marcus Reading Room RSVP:…Continue Reading Exhibit – Civil War in Photographs: New Perspectives from the Robin Stanford Collection
DeGolyer Library photos of the Klondike Gold Rush
Thirty-three prints from the DeGolyer Library’s Alaska, photographs accession are available on line. The photos document the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1890s. Gold was originally discovered in 1896 in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Over the next 4 years an estimated 100,000 people migrated north in search of gold. Prospectors searching for gold…Continue Reading DeGolyer Library photos of the Klondike Gold Rush
Texas Instruments Records Digital Collection
SMU’s CUL Digital Collections has made available the Texas Instruments Records digital collection, which contains hundreds of photographic images and documents from the Texas Instruments (TI) records archive held by SMU’s DeGolyer Libraryand/or TI headquarters. The Texas Instruments Records physical collection consists of over 1500 cubic feet of corporate records, photographs, and artifacts. The archive…Continue Reading Texas Instruments Records Digital Collection
CUL Digital Collections Update: December 2012
In December, staff at SMU’s CUL Digital Collections created a new web page for and uploaded 218 files into the new Texas Instruments Records digital collection. This was a joint project with TI. We created a web page for, made fully public, and added 38 additional items into the Belo Records, 1842-2007 digital collection. Shown…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: December 2012
CUL Digital Collections Update: November 2012
New additions to CUL Digital Collections in November 2012 In November 2012, CUL uploaded 640 items into our CONTENTdm collections. CUL now has approximately 28,940 published items. Highlights include: 92 Texas-related oil negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie as part of the TexTreasures FY2013 grant 38 negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie, including 14 aerial views of…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: November 2012
Photographic views of William T. Sherman’s campaign available online
George N. Barnard was one of the most skilled and versatile cameramen of the Civil War, photographing in the Virginia area, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina. He worked independently and for E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., Brady & Co. and Alexander Gardner. More mobile than many operators, in late 1863, Barnard was hired by…Continue Reading Photographic views of William T. Sherman’s campaign available online
Dallas Aerial Photographs, 1945 USDA Survey, Edwin J. Foscue Map Library
SMU’s CUL Digital Collections has made available the Dallas Aerial Photographs, 1945 USDA Survey. This online collection complements the Dallas Historic Aerial Photographs, 1930 Fairchild Survey. There are 16 pairs of images in the Dallas Aerial Photographs, USDA 1945 Survey digital collection that portray various locations in the Dallas metropolitan area as well as Irving,…Continue Reading Dallas Aerial Photographs, 1945 USDA Survey, Edwin J. Foscue Map Library