Southern Methodist University Archives

02/21/2023

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Giving Day is coming March 7. Let’s get ready to give! The SMU Archives is supporting "Voices of SMU," our oral history program for giving day.

01/09/2023

Sounds like a terrific program!

Join us Thursday, January 19 in the Texana Room, Fondren Library.

10/05/2022

Kudos to Bethany Bass, Maria Katsulos, and Ash Thye for their excellent presentation at the Q***r History South conference this past weekend in Dallas. The theme of the conference was "Archives for ALL, Y'all." Beth and Maria graduated last year and are pursuing grad programs at Teacher's College at Columbia University (Beth) and Northwestern (Maria). Ash is a senior this year. They shared insights from the oral, archival, and institutional research carried out by SMU Pride last year. We couldn't be prouder of them!

05/24/2022

So pleased to announce that more of the SMU News Digest have been digitized and posted in our Digital Collection. Catch up on the SMU News from the 1930s-1950s.....especially this issue on the opening of Fondren Library. https://digitalcollections.smu.edu/digital/collection/smup/id/175

05/06/2022

Although it is well past April Fool's Day, please enjoy the Dinkey, SMU's newspaper for April 1.

03/22/2022

It's giving day at Southern Methodist University. As much as the Archives doesn't want to ask, we do *need* dollars for "Voices of SMU," our oral history project. Just a little bit goes to help us pay for interview transcripts.

03/14/2022

Looking forward to giving day at SMU and supporting Voices of SMU.

02/24/2022

In 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came and spoke to a standing-room-only audience in McFarlin Auditorium. Now, the MLK Day of Service happens every year to honor Dr. King's life and teachings by bringing our campus together through community service that helps to improve social issues. To end the last full week of Black History Month, let's throwback to the beginning of the semester, where a group of Mustangs lent a hand to local nonprofits to serve the Dallas community. Click the link in our bio to learn more about Dr. King's trip to SMU and to listen to his speech.

01/06/2022

David Chang appeared in PBS show "Finding your Roots" and his maternal great grandfather, Sang Yang Woo, attended and graduated from Southern Methodist University in Theology in 1925. Mr Woo was a founding member of SMU's Cosmopolitan Club in 1922. This Club (like other Cosmopolitan Clubs at other universities) was a place both for international students to network with each other and for US students to learn about other cultures. SMU had a Cosmopolitan Club until 1969.

11/11/2021

Southern Methodist University is getting a new super computing system, and all I can think about is when we got our first system in 1957. https://digitalcollections.smu.edu/digital/collection/stud/id/2193

11/04/2021

So happy that our friends in the Bridwell are open again!

Newly Renovated Library is Open for Business After two years of closure due to renovations and COVID-19, Bridwell Library re-opened on August 18. “We’re back and we’re better than ever!” said Anthony J. Elia, Director and J.S. Bridwell Foundation Endowed Librarian. A new welcome desk greets ...