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Central University LibrariesSouthern Methodist University PO Box 750135 Dallas, Texas 75275-0135
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PaiDSOUTherN MeThODiST
UNiverSiTy
Central
University
Libraries
AnnuAl RepoRt
2010-2011
MAking the FutuRe ouR pResent tense
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in 1994, i wrote an article
entitled “When Whales Could Walk:
Re-engineering Human Resources in a
Multiple Systems Environment.” The
inspiration for this title (and the topic of
the article) came to me after reading
an article in Science magazine, which had
recently published the findings of
paleontologists who had discovered
fossilized remains of whales’ antecedents
far inland. In my article I mused that perhaps
50 million years from now, the remains
of librarians would be dug up and marveled
at for similar lost attributes. Almost 20
years on, looking at how quickly our
technology is changing and how our
librarians are adapting their skill sets to the
new media, I am more inclined than ever
to give this ‘musing’ some credence.
Technological and generational change are
driving how we realign our organization
and services at an accelerated pace.
In his book The Singularity is Near,
futurist Ray Kurzweil documents his belief
that the growth of technology has an
exponential rather than linear trend. He
presents a world view in which the 21st
century will see “on the order of twenty
thousand years of progress … when
measured by today’s rate.” This is the rate
of change that is propelling our staff to be
so productive and creative.
CUL staff have created a culture of agility
and change, moving swiftly when the
opportunity arises to make a difference for
our patrons – whether it be creating a
Touch Learning Center (last month), or
partnering with the Office of Instructional
Technology (OIT) to provide high-level
technical assistance in the Information
Commons (last year). We are now able to
document very clearly the change in how
both the makeup of our collections and
their use is changing.The net number of
books added annually to the SMU
collections has declined from about 55,000
in 2001 to 18,000 in 2010. At the same
time the percentage of funds spent on
electronic purchases far outstrips that spent
on print materials (see chart on p. 6).
The staff ’s ability to turn on a dime
enabled the Technology Services Division
to plan, organize, renovate the space
and relocate staff from three areas in the
library to the third floor of the Science
and Engineering Library building. We also
were able to reach out to OIT and invite
two systems analysts, who work primarily
on the libraries’ information systems, to
have offices there, facilitating synergy and
information sharing.
The success of this relocation project
encouraged CUL staff to invite OIT to join
us in another exciting venture as we
planned the redesign of services and space
in the Information Commons.
“At the same time as we are rushing headlong into the future, we are making sure that we honor the past and celebrate the present.”
Dean gillian M. McCombs
Contents
2 observing the Civil War sesquicentennial
pictures Worth thousands of sMu Memories
3 Foote notes: A great Writer’s legacy
4 Celebrating the standard Club at 125
5 honoring A First lady of literacy
Friends Fill Vital supporting Role
6 Cul-oit partnership Moves in new Directions
new Resources for teaching and Research
7 Barbara Miercourt: enthusiastic
library Advocate
8 Rebecca C. Quinn: 2011 Weil Award Winner
An exciting Discovery
9 Cul Achievements
10 officers and Directors, Friends of the
sMu libraries/Colophon
11 selected statistics
12 library staff Awards
12-15 Donors
13 nancy hamon’s legacy
15 Remembering louise Raggio
16 sMu libraries executive Board
Council and team Membership
let us know What You think
On the cover: One of a series of 18 carved wood panels by Harry Gibson, in the Texana Room, DeGolyer Library.
Inside cover: These photographs taken in the 1940s (small photo) and 1950s are part of the SMU Archives.
These moves position CUL to transition
into the next phase of space planning –
a major renovation of the Fondren Library
Center facility as a whole. President R.
Gerald Turner approved the feasibility
study and architectural proposal submitted
to him in May by the Oversight
Committee, and timelines will be developed
to raise the funds and draft the design
documents (see p. 3).
But at the same time as we are rushing
headlong into the future, we are making
sure that we honor the past and
celebrate the present. The DeGolyer
Library participated in commemorating
the sesquicentennial anniversary of the
Civil War with a splendid exhibit and was a
key player in the North Texas Horton
Foote Festival. The Friends of the SMU
Libraries/Colophon held one of its best
celebrations yet with the awarding of the
Literati Award to former First Lady Laura
Bush at its annual fundraiser in the spring.
Librarians may have a reputation for being
slow to move, but in the Central
University Libraries, we are making the
future happen for our users every single
day! Thank you all for your support this
past year.
gillian M. McCombs
Dean and Director, Central University Libraries
References
McCombs, Gillian M., “When Whales Could
Walk: The Re-engineering of Human Resources
in a Multiple Systems Environment,” in
Proceedings of the Ninth Integrated Online
Library Systems Meeting, IOLS’94. New Jersey:
Learned Information, 1994. 131-38.
Thewissen, J. G. M., S. T. Hussain, M. Arif, “Fossil
Evidence for the Origin of Aquatic Locomotion
in Archaeocete Whales,” in Science, v. 263, no.
5144, 210-12, Jan. 1994.
Kurzweil, Ray, The Singularity is Near : When
Humans Transcend Biology, New York: Viking,
2005, p. 11.
“Technological and generational
change are driving how we realign
our organization and services at
an accelerated pace.”
piCtuRing the CiVil WAR At 150
Signature Spaces for Scholarly Pursuit
the Civil War began with the
bombardment of Fort Sumter by the
Confederates on April 12, 1861. Now,
150 years later, the Central University
Libraries’ accelerated digitization efforts
place rare pieces of war history online
at the fingertips of scholars everywhere.
Two digital collections (digitalcollections.
smu.edu) – the “Civil War: Photographs,
Manuscripts and Imprints” and the
“Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs” –
draw from the DeGolyer Library’s vast
archives to offer a sweeping view of the
conflict. The photographs, images, albums
and more represent both the Union and
Confederate sides.
“The Civil War was a galvanizing event
in American history, and interest
has increased because of the focus and
re-evaluation related to the sesquicen-
tennial,” says Anne E. Peterson, Curator of
Photographs at the DeGolyer. “Through
generous gifts from the Friends of
the SMU Libraries, we have been able to
increase our Civil War holdings over the
last few years.”
The Civil War Collection alone has
garnered more than 27,000 page views
this year by users from the United States
and abroad, according to Cindy Boeke,
digital collections developer. On April 12,
107 users viewed 2,675 pages.
The images also are available to the
public through several important portals:
The Commons on Flickr (flickr.com/
commons) and the Center for Civil War
Photography website (civilwarphotography.
org). SMU joins a host of other presti-
gious institutions such as the Library of
Congress and the New York Public
Library linked to these sites.
This spring, the DeGolyer’s Civil War
images were used to set the stage for
several academic events on campus.
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A looping slideshow played prior to
Stanton Sharp lectures by Pulitzer
Prize-winning historian Steven Hahn and
Vanderbilt University History Professor
Richard Blackett, presented by the
William P. Clements Department of
History in Dedman College. Another
slideshow preceded a program by writer
Robin Oliveira, sponsored by the
Friends of the SMU Libraries.
The faces of the war – like the
portrait of brothers Emzy and G.M.
Taylor in their Confederate uniforms
from the Jones Collection – add a
human element to factual accounts.
The image appears in the Texas
State Historical Association’s
(TSHA) Handbook of Civil War
Texas, a comprehensive study of
the war and the Lone Star State.
Peterson and Boeke worked with
TSHA Executive Director J.
Kent Calder on the project, which
includes more than 40 images
held by the DeGolyer.
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“Jones is a longtime friend of TSHA, and
I am very happy that the collection is
now part of the DeGolyer photographic
archive,” Calder says. “It is a wonderful
collection, and I appreciate the library’s
efforts to preserve it for future genera-
tions and make it accessible digitally as
widely as possible.”
An intiMAte poRtRAit oF the WRiting liFe
in the exhibit “The Life and Work of horton
foote,” the Degolyer Library provided a
rare, behind-the-scenes look at the creative
process of the legendary playwright.
approximately 1,000 visitors viewed the
exhibit, which was curated by Degolyer
Librarian Cynthia franco and featured
annotated scripts, production notes, letters,
movie stills and numerous other items
from the extensive foote archive. The
Degolyer acquired his papers in 1991.
foote’s daughter and frequent
artistic collaborator, award-winning
actress hallie foote, applauds the
Degolyer’s thoughtful stewardship
of her late father’s legacy.
“i was really amazed at how
comprehensive it was and how SMU,
under russell Martin’s guidance
and with help from people like Cynthia,
was able to clearly distill horton
foote’s life as an artist that spanned
some 70-plus years,” she says. “i know
that my father would have been most
pleased with the 2011 exhibit.”
The exhibit played a key role in the horton foote festival, a two-month
celebration of the writer by a host of North Texas arts organizations. in
preparation for their contributions to the inaugural event, the casts from Dallas
Theater Center’s production of “Dividing the estate” and Theatre Three’s “The
roads to home” were invited to explore the foote papers relating to the plays.
“We were able to get to the ‘gooey goodness’ of his process: we could see
the evolution from a germ of an idea, through the revisions and refinement, to
the completed work,” says Joel ferrell, associate artist with Dallas Theater
Center and director of the play. “for most of the actors, there was an eye-popping
moment when they realized where he was going with their characters.”
reading foote’s notes in his own hand brought his work to life, says Kimberly
richard, director of publications and communications for Theatre Three and
dramaturg for the production, a set of three one-act plays. “it was a way for
horton foote to be present.”
The archive also yielded an unexpected gem, says richard: “hallie recalled
that a recording of music used in the third act of the production directed
by horton foote was in the archive. it was located, and we were able
to use the original music. That was an amazing resource that we didn’t even
know existed.”
SMU Archives: A Centennial Treasure Trove
SMU launched its Second Century Celebration in april with the inaugural founders’ Day to recognize the filing of the University’s charter on April 17, 1911. The event kicked off a five-year celebration, which University Archivist Joan Gosnell says she has been preparing for since joining SMU in 2004. She and staff across SMU Libraries worked well in advance to aggregate images and information of interest, like this photo of students studying in fondren Library, taken in 1942. Gosnell has provided crucial data for the official history timeline in the SMU Centennial hall exhibition; archival photos and caption information for SMU: Unbridled Vision, a keepsake picture book featuring more than 160 pages of dramatic photography; archival materials for regular SMU history features in SMU Magazine; and served on the editorial advisory board, along with Degolyer Library Director russell L. Martin iii ’78, ’86, for In Honor of the Mustangs by Darwin Payne ’68, SMU Professor Emeritus of Communications and SMU Centennial historian. “Retracing the accomplishments of the University’s first hundred years has been a humbling experience,” gosnell says.
Plans for an $18 million renovation of fondren Library Center have advanced to the next phase of the process, following approval by SMU President r. gerald Turner (see p. 1). The proposed plan would restore the grand reading room (shown in the architect’s rendering above) and open it to all SMU users, not just researchers, while also creating a Special Collections reading room and a gallery space for public programming. These rooms would be signature spaces for scholarly pursuit and would honor the architectural tradition on the campus, according to gillian M. McCombs, Dean and Director of Central University Libraries. The project also incorporates several functions that would facilitate a more enjoyable experience for students, including a collaborative learning suite and a café/browsing area.
Private emzy Taylor and Private g. M. Taylor, Brothers, Confederate States army, ca. 1862, Lawrence T. Jones iii Texas Photography Collection, Degolyer Library.
Students studying in fondren Library, 1942, Southern Methodist University Campus Memories digital collection, created by SMU archives.
among the Degolyer Library’s holdings is a notebook in which Horton Foote wrote by hand the first draft of his academy award-winning screenplay adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” (top photo). horton foote, 1941, Degolyer Library.
the stAnDARD CluB 125 YeARs oF eDuCAtion AnD eMpoWeRMent
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now part of the Archives of Women of
the Southwest in DeGolyer Library.
The club celebrated its 125th anniversary
earlier this year at the library with an
elegant tea that harkened back to its
Victorian beginnings. During the program,
club member Jackie Masur McElhaney ’62,
’82, who also serves on the Archives of
Women of the Southwest Advisory
Board, spoke about the importance of
saving and preserving club history.
The DeGolyer’s Pamalla Anderson ’89
discussed the keepsake she wrote for the
event, “Standard Club 125th Anniversary:
Happiness Is Being a Clubwoman.” The
document provides context for under-
standing and appreciating the influence
and accomplishments of one of Dallas’
venerable women’s organizations.
In the early years of The Standard Club, it
was still rare for women to pursue higher
education, Anderson says. The club filled
the void by taking its educational mission
seriously. In addition to reading the
“standard” English-language authors, they
also studied history, music and art.
Mary K. Craig of Kidd-Key College and
respected author and book reviewer
Ermance Rejebian were among those
invited to lecture.
in the late 19th and early
20th centuries, the women’s club
movement swept the nation. The clubs
provided a venue outside the home
where women of the same social set could
meet – unchaperoned and with their
husbands’ approval – to improve their
minds. From the largest cities to small
Texas farm communities, these groups not
only encouraged intellectual pursuits,
but they also provided women with a
voice in public decision-making at a time
when they could not vote.
One such group, The Standard Club, has
been active in Dallas since 1886. In
meeting minutes from the inaugural year,
Mrs. Sidney Smith expresses the
clubwomen’s unbounded aspirations:
“... The possibilities of the future are
great, but they depend on ourselves
– and as we are all possessed of
a laudable ambition, a reasonable
amount of pluck, energy and
perseverance, we will not place a
limit on the possibilities, but with
a high aim and a lofty purpose, we
will press onward, ever upward.”
Those minutes, as well as other club
records, yearbooks and programs, are
The education, self-confidence and
organizational skills nurtured by the club
empowered the women, Anderson says.
They “were among those women
credited with the funding and building of
the first Dallas library; the art exhibitions,
galleries and collections that eventually
became the Dallas Museum of Art; and
the organization of Dallas’ free kinder-
garten programs.”
Today, The Standard Club maintains
an important role as an incubator for
women’s interests, a platform for
continuing education and an outlet for
their community involvement.
Anderson writes: “The Standard Club
mission ‘to promote the knowledge and
study of Standard Authors and to stimulate
individual effort’ lives on as second-
and even third-generation members
enjoy a lifelong pursuit of learning and
volunteerism that proves the maxim
– ‘happiness is being a clubwoman’
– holds true as much in the 21st century
as it did in the 19th century.”
lAuDing A FiRst lADY oF liteRACY AnD liBRARies
efforts that promote literacy and reading.
She is chair of the Women’s Initiative
at the George W. Bush Institute. A central
component of the initiative is the
expansion globally of women’s access
to education and literacy. In 2002 she
created the Laura Bush Foundation for
America’s Libraries, which has provided
more than $7.3 million to school libraries
in all 50 states.
As First Lady of Texas,
Mrs. Bush established
the Texas Book Festival
in 1995. Several of the
Top 10 Haute Young
Authors at Tables of
Content were featured
authors at past festivals,
including fiction writers
Jessica Lee Anderson
and Kathleen Kent and
poet Carrie Fountain.
Other young authors
Former First lady laura
Bush was honored for her contribu-
tions to the advancement of literacy at
the 11th annual Tables of Content
fundraiser April 2. Mrs. Bush received the
2011 Literati Award, presented by the
Friends of the SMU Libraries/Colophon.
During a conversation led by award-
winning journalist Rena Pederson,
Mrs. Bush spoke about the books and
people who helped shape her literary life.
A 1968 graduate of SMU, she recalled
how much she enjoyed the challenging
children’s literature class taught by a
favorite professor, Harryette Ehrhardt.
The former librarian and teacher also
talked about poring over White House
scrapbooks while writing her best-selling
memoir, Spoken from the Heart. Each
guest received a signed copy of the book.
Mrs. Bush, who serves on the SMU Board
of Trustees, supports a wide range of Central University Libraries Dean and Director gillian M. McCombs, former first Lady Laura Bush and SMU President r. gerald Turner.
included 11-year-old Alec Greven, writer
of five books, including How to Talk to
Girls and School Rules, and Jennifer Pickens.
Pickens, a 2000 graduate of SMU, will
discuss her best-selling book, Christmas
at the White House, at the Friends
annual holiday luncheon Wednesday,
December 7.
the Friends of the sMu
libraries continues to support the
acquisition of new resources, as well as
the expansion and improvement of
existing technology and services, through
annual grants.
“Over the years, the Friends grants
program has provided all of the
SMU libraries with so many important
resources not funded by normal
operating budgets,” says Amy Carver ’94,
Friends director. “From cutting-edge
software to digital equipment and
assistive technology for learning-different
students, the resources funded by this
program provide crucial support for our
students and faculty every day.”
the Friends of the sMu
libraries gave $20,638 in
one-time grants for 2011:
• $7,040 to the Hamon Arts Library
to fully fund and complete the
holdings of the New Dutch Hollstein
series of print catalogs for its
reference collection.
• $5,598 to the Business Information
Center for a one-year subscription to
both the Social Science Edition and
the Science Edition of Journal Citation
Reports (JCR).
• $3,000 to the SMU Archives to
transcribe oral history interviews
conducted under the auspices of the
SMU Woman’s Club.
• $2,000 to the G. William Jones Film
and Video Collection at the Hamon
Arts Library to fund the processing
and organization of existing local
television archival materials for
improved preservation and access.
• $1,500 to the DeGolyer Library to
add to the Colophon Collection of
modern American literature.
• $1,500 to the DeGolyer Library
Prints & Photography Department to
purchase Civil War photographs.
Friends of the SMU Libraries also approved
annual grants to assist in funding the
production of the CUL annual report and
newletters and to support the Effective
Use of Information Technology Staff
Award and the Employee of the Year
Staff Award.
FRienDs supplY CRuCiAl suppoRt
Members of The Standard Club celebrated the organization’s 125th anniversary at DeGolyer Library in February (above). The club’s Certificate of Membership in the General federation of Women’s Clubs, dated april 13, 1904, archives of Women of the Southwest, Degolyer Library (right).
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BARBARA MieRCoRt, sMu liBRARies exeCutiVe BoARD: tReAsuRing liBRARies pAst, pResent AnD FutuRe
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like the best books, a conver-
sation with Barbara Miercort is
unpredictable and enlightening. She weaves
topics as varied as Celtic legends, early
Texas history and Harry Potter into a rich
tapestry of ideas, opinion and inspiration.
Her interests are catholic, and when
a subject piques her curiosity, she reads
and reads.
“I have a ‘paper and pencil brain,’ which
is one reason I value SMU’s libraries
so much, especially their outstanding
collections, like the Archives of Women
of the Southwest,” says Miercort, a
three-year member of the SMU Libraries
Executive Board. “SMU’s collections are
priceless not only to the scholars who
rely on them for research, but also to all
of us who value writing and history.”
Her appreciation of the past and talent
for writing merged in Fires in the Mist
[1994, Signet], a historical novel she
penned under her Irish maiden name,
Barbara Dolan.The book explores the
intrigue, romance and power of the
mythic character Lugh, “the Celtic Apollo.”
As a creative writing teacher for five years
through SMU Informal Course for Adults,
she helped others unlock their literary
talents. “Some of my students really had
stories that needed to be told, so it was
gratifying to be able to show them how,”
she says.
Miercort, who majored in anthropology
in college, is also an accomplished editor.
She assisted archaeologist and author Fred
Wendorf, SMU’s Henderson-Morrison
Professor Emeritus of Prehistory, with his
book Desert Days: My Life as a Field
Archaeologist [SMU Press, 2008]. “I went
on one of his digs to the Nabta Playa
region of southern Egypt, so it was a treat
to work on the book with him,” she says.
As the recent recipient of an iPad for
her birthday – a gift from her engineer
husband, Clifford – she predicts an
expanding role for SMU Libraries as new
formats for the written word proliferate.
“Libraries are the repositories of all
knowledge, and as technology advances
by quantum leaps, they won’t become
less important, they’ll be even more
important,” she says, adding with a smile,
“After all, we still talk about the Library
of Alexandria. Generations from now,
I believe students and faculty will
still rely on the scholarly resources of
SMU Libraries.”
The longstanding partnership between Central University Libraries and the SMU Office of Information Technology continues to expand in bold, new directions.
“as technology needs and services have evolved in the library, the partnership between CUL and OiT has continued to grow and strengthen,” says Joe gargiulo, Chief Information Officer for OIT and a member of the Council of Library Directors. “Through the years, both teams have developed a very strong working knowledge of the other’s area so that we can communicate even more effectively as we work together to support our users.”
recent joint ventures streamline and enhance the delivery of technology and services by placing them in highly visible, easily accessible locations in a major campus hub for students – fondren Library Center. Over the summer the OiT help Desk and support staff moved from the Blanton Building to fondren Library West, while the information Commons was reorganized on the first floor of Fondren Library east to house the CUL’s Multimedia Center and OiT’s academic Technology Services and faculty Media Lab.
“This partnership with OiT provides seamless support in a central location that’s much more convenient for our users,” says Mary Queyrouze, CUL assistant Dean for Technology Services.
in the information Commons, Macintosh computers loaded with a variety of multimedia software are available to all SMU users during regular library hours.
adjacent to the Multimedia Center is OiT’s faculty Media Lab, offering both Mac- and Windows-based computing equipment, digital and online media software applications, image scanners, video conversion equipment and more. Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through friday, the lab is staffed by specially-trained students, SMU STars, who provide digital and online media support and services to all SMU faculty, teaching assistants and academic units.
another groundbreaking collaboration created the new Touch Learning Center (TLC), located in the information Commons. The innovative, hands-on lab allows faculty, students and staff to “test drive” 15 iPads and other touch-computing devices. faculty may use
Bold Partnership Advances Campus Technology
Barbara Miercort
expAnDing Cul’s eleCtRoniC ResouRCes poRtFolio
exciting new additions to
the Central university
libraries’ wide array of electronic
resources provide major newspaper
archives and African collections to
support the teaching and research needs
of faculty, staff and students, says Patricia
Van Zandt, Assistant Dean for Scholarly
Resources and Research Services.
Three recent acquisitions are:
• The Times Digital Archive, a fully
searchable collection of every page of
the Times of London published from
1785 to 1985.
• The Los Angeles Times archive, which
includes the full text of the news-
paper from its beginnings in 1881
through 1987. The newspaper will add
another year to the archive annually.
The Los Angeles Times is an increas-
ingly important resource for faculty
and students, according to Van Zandt.
A recent example is research by
Roberto Tejada, Distinguished
Endowed Chair and Professor of Art
History in Meadows School of the
Arts, for an essay related to the often
overlooked legacy of L.A.’s African-
American visual artists. Tejada’s article
will appear in the exhibition catalog
for “Now Dig This!: Art and Black
Los Angeles, 1960-1980,” opening
October 2 at UCLA’s Armand
Hammer Museum.
“Our graduate student and faculty
research increasingly profits from
electronic resources,” Tejada says.
“This database permits a view
of newspapers as forming part of a
greater modernist print culture in
the United States.”
• The Aluka collection of digital
resources from and about Africa.
Aluka is part of JSTOR, which
provides digital archives for scholarly
journals. Current Aluka collections
include African Cultural Heritage Sites
and Landscapes, a collection of
photographs, videos, documents and
3D materials pertaining to culturally
significant historical sites; and
Struggles for Freedom in Southern
Africa, which includes images,
magazines, newsletters, circulars and
other documents about liberation in
Southern Africa.
These resources and more are available
electronically to all current SMU faculty,
staff and students. Visitors may use these
resources while conducting research in
the library.
the devices “in the field” during class times they schedule. During regular open lab hours, users will gain the mobile computing experience by working with the devices in the library so they are available to as many students and faculty as possible, explains Tyeson Seale, information
Commons Technology Coordinator.
“Touch computing has really taken off, especially in education uses,” Seale says. “Now users will have the opportunity to test apps and get accustomed to working in the mobile environment.”
The TLC has a vital role to play in educating tomorrow’s educators, who must understand and use the latest technologies, according to Laurie Campbell, Clinical assistant Professor in the annette Caldwell Simmons School of education and human Development. “Touch computing is at an emerging level now, and educators are finding new ways to use it. for example, we’re looking at ways to use it to
provide real-time student assessments that will drive instruction instantaneously.”
Seale and ian aberle, Multimedia and Web Development Manager, OiT, introduced students to the TLC concept at the CUL Welcome Tent august 22-23. first-year student gerardo Padierna doesn’t own an iPad, but after seeing their demonstration, he is intrigued by its potential.
“The portability and functionality are very appealing to students,” says Padierna, an electrical engineering major.
gillian M. McCombs, Dean and Director, CUL, and Joe gargiulo, Chief information Officer, OIT, at the CUL Welcome Tent (top). Student Jack Benage demonstrates the iPad in the new Touch Learning Center.
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tRACing the Roots oF nAtionAl iDentitY
While the concept of
“branding” seems uniquely contem-
porary, scholar Rebecca C. Quinn ’11
found that the elite of 15th- and
16th-century Spain adopted an iconic
image to reinforce their identity as “noble,
Christian Spaniards.”
In Santiago as Matamoros: Race, Class
and Limpieza de Sangre in a Sixteenth-
century Spanish Manuscript, her art
history honors thesis, Quinn examines
the emergence of the image of
Santiago Matamoros – St. James as the
Moor-Slayer – as a self-portrait of Spain
after 1492.
An essay based on one of her thesis
chapters garnered the 2011 Larrie and
Bobbi Weil Undergraduate Research
Award. The Weils established the annual
award in 2009 to recognize outstanding
undergraduate students who use SMU
libraries for scholarly research.
“Rebecca’s thoughtful treatment of a
very sophisticated and timely topic was
clearly well-researched,” says Larrie
Weil, who served on the SMU Libraries
Executive Board for six years.
“Bobbi and I have been very impressed
by the high caliber of all the award
winners,” he adds. “Their exceptional
work is a tribute to the out-
standing job Dean Gillian
McCombs and the staffs of SMU
libraries do in providing students
with essential research materials
and in teaching them vital
research skills, which we feel are
fundamental to a good
education.”
Quinn, who graduated in May
with a triple major in art history,
French and Spanish, also won a
$10,000 award from the Golden
Key International Honor Society
for her research. In August she entered
Johns Hopkins University as one of only
three students nationwide to receive
five years of full funding to the
University’s art history Ph.D. program
Her study of the “Santiago Matamoros
phenomenon” focused primarily on its
frequent appearance in carta executoria
in researching the use of Santiago Matamoros imagery in early Spain, rebecca Quinn’s sharp eye caught an overlooked clue in a centuries-old manuscript.
“She made a very nice discovery, correcting my description of the provenance” of the Carta executoria in favor of Miguel de Carbeo, 1567, says librarian eric White, Curator of Special Collections at Bridwell Library. The document served as a primary source for Quinn’s award-winning honors thesis.
“i had concluded that it came from the town of Ciudad rodrigo in 1567, the town mentioned in the last line of the decree, which is written in a difficult Spanish script,” White explains. “But she recognized that the previous line states that the book was produced in la villa de vallíd, surmising that this was an
An illuminating discovery
Cul AChieVeMents
Pamalla Anderson, head of Public
Services, DeGolyer Library, serves as
treasurer of the Book Club of Texas. She
presented “Mustangs Go to War: Campus
Life during World War II” as part of the
Godbey Lecture Series in the spring. The
women’s club movement was the topic of
talks she gave at The Standard Club 125th
anniversary tea at the library in February –
for which she wrote the keepsake
“Happiness Is Being a Clubwoman” – and
the SMU Women’s Symposium in March.
Cindy Boeke, digital collections
developer, presented “Train to Share
North Texas Partnership – Texas Artists:
Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper”
with Neil Sreenan of the Dallas Museum
of Art at the Museum Conference
Network in Austin Oct. 30, 2010. They
also presented “Digital Collections on
Texas Art from SMU and the Dallas
Museum of Art” at the annual symposium
of the Center for the Advancement of
the Study of Early Texas Art in Dallas
April 16. She received a $20,000
TexTreasures grant from the Texas State
Library and Archives for FY2012 to
digitize early Texas postcards.
rebecca Graff, research librarian and
instruction coordinator, served on
the LOEX 2011 Conference Planning
Committee. Library Orientation
Exchange (LOEX) is the premier
international clearinghouse for library
instruction and information literacy.
emily George Grubbs, curatorial
assistant in the Bywaters Special
Collections, Hamon Arts Library,
published “Texas Regionalism and the
Little Theatre of Dallas” in the Fall 2010
edition of Legacies: A History Journal
for Dallas and North Central Texas. She
presented the gallery talk “Adventures
in the Archives: Discovering the Gigaku
Masks” at the Dallas Museum of Art
May 25 in conjunction with a lecture on
the masks by Dr. Anne Bromberg, the
DMA’s Cecil and Ida Green Curator of
Ancient and Asian Art.
Jon Haupt, Interim Director of the
Hamon Arts Library, co-presented “Texas-
Style Implementations of Variations:
Indiana University’s Open Source Digital
Music Library System” with Baylor library
staff at the annual meeting of the Texas
Chapter Music Library Association. He
joined Phil Ponella (Indiana University)
and John Anderies (Haverford College) in
presenting “Variations ... Not Just Indiana
University’s Digital Music Library Anymore”
at the Music Library Association annual
meeting in Philadelphia. He also presented
“Institutional Concert Recordings: SMU’s
New Approach” as part of the Institutional
Repositories panel at the Phoenix Group
annual meeting in May. In addition, he
published a book review of Library
Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver
Library Data by Nicole C. Engard in
The Serials Librarian 59:3.
Jennifer Kolmes, statistics coordinator
and subject liaison for assigned academic
departments, Central University Libraries,
served as vice chair of the Midwinter
Workshops and Annual Preconferences
Committee of the Association of College
and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division
of the American Library Association.
russell Martin, Director of the DeGolyer
Library, was inducted by the Texas
Institute of Letters. Induction into the
Institute is based on literary achievement.
Martin served as the president of the
SMU Town & Gown Club in 2010-11. He
presented a talk on “Collecting Texas”
at the 2010 Texas Book Festival in Austin.
Gillian M. McCombs, Dean and Director
of CUL, published a book review of
The Expert Library: Staffing, Sustaining,
and Advancing the Academic Library in
the 21st Century, edited by Scott Walter
and Karen Williams, in Portal: Libraries
and the Academy 11:2 (2011). In addition
she served on the journal’s Best Article
Award Committee. In January, McCombs
presented “Strategic Planning in Difficult
Budget Times” for the University Library
Section Current Topics Discussion Group
during the American Library Association
(ALA) meeting. In April, she was
moderator of “Shifting Gears; Strategies
for Coping with Technological Change”
at the Texas Women in Higher Education
conference in Austin.
Beverly Mitchell, art and dance librarian,
Hamon Arts Library, serves as president
of Art Libraries Society of North America
(ARLIS/NA) Texas-Mexico chapter.
Anne e. Peterson, Curator of
Photographs, DeGolyer Library, published
an article, “Alexander Gardner in Review,”
in the November 2010 issue of History
of Photography magazine. At the Texas
State Historical Association annual meeting,
she presented “Photographers of
the Mexican Revolution: Conflict and
Diversity in Pictures.” She and Cindy
Boeke gave the presentation “Digital
Collections Development at SMU’s
DeGolyer Library” at the Phoenix Staff
Development Day in Denton May 27.
rebecca C. Quinn ’11 in Barcelona when a student with SMU-in-Spain, 2009.
de hidalguía, or nobility patents – legal
documents that verified the noble status
of the holders. As a case study, she
consulted a particular example from the
Bridwell Library Special Collections,
the Carta executoria in favor of Miguel
de Carabeo, 1567.
“This document is exemplary of the type
in its formulaic construction and
ornamentation, most interestingly in its
adoption of the Santiago Matamoros type
in its marginal illumination,” she states
in her thesis. “Such images of James as
Moor-Slayer helped position the saint
both as eradicator of an unwanted past
and a forger of a mythical individual and
national identity.”
Quinn says SMU’s libraries played a
“crucial” role in her undergraduate
academic success. “The ability to look at
primary research documents was
a phenomenal experience,” she says.
Carta executoria in favor of Miguel de Carabeo, 1567, Bridwell Library.
abbreviation for valladolid, a city that provided many manuscripts illuminated in this style.
“i checked into that possibility, looking at photos of our book and descriptions of other manuscripts online, and she is absolutely correct – the paleography is consistent with the customary abbreviation for valladolid,” he says.
“She has won us a new location – valladolid – for one of our most beautifully illuminated manuscripts!”
Japanese gigaku Masks, McCord/ renshaw Collection, Jerry Bywaters Special Collections Wing, hamon arts Library.
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Mary Queyrouze, Assistant Dean for Technology Services, CUL, and
Patricia Van Zandt, Assistant Dean for Scholarly Resources and
Research Services, CUL, presented “Digital Projects from Special Collections
in Phoenix Libraries” during the Phoenix Staff Development Day.
Sam ratcliffe, head of the Bywaters Special Collections, Hamon Arts Library,
published “Romanticism Goes West: European Painters in Texas,” in American
Material Culture and the Texas Experience: The David B. Warren Symposium,
vol. 2, (Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
He also presented the following papers: “The Dallas Nine and their Circle:
Texas Art of the 1930s” at Dallas’ Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts; “Henry
McArdle and the Quest for ‘Pictorial History’” at a Heritage Auction Galleries
Symposium in Dallas; “Alexandre Hogue and the Dallas Nine” at the Museum
of South Texas in Corpus Christi; and “Visual Depictions of the Battle of
San Jacinto” at the annual San Jacinto Symposium at the University of Houston.
Julia Stewart, government documents/social sciences research librarian,
CUL, served as features column editor for “Documents to the People,” an
ALA/GODORT publication, 2009-present.
Patricia Van Zandt led a panel discussion, “The Role of Library Leadership
in Advocating for Information Literacy,” at the LOEX annual conference in May.
In June 2010, she presented “Cooking with the Campus Chef (and Other
Creative Ways to Motivate Staff and Have Fun at the Same Time)” at the ALA
annual conference.
rob Walker, Director of Norwick Center for Digital Services, served as a
panelist for “Shifting Gears: Strategies for Coping with Technological Change”
at the 2011 Texas Women in Higher Education annual conference in Austin
April 5.
Friends of the SMU libraries/Colophon
officers and Board of directors
Pamalla anderson ’89President
Mary helen Bradford ’63Vice President
Polly york ’95Secretary
Donna CotterTreasurer
Judy McMillinPast President
Sam Childers ’97
valentina Doyon
Joan gosnell
Diana grumbles ’93
Lyn harper ’69
Shannon Jarrett
Tierney Kaufman ’07
Joanne Pratt
Marjorie Swann
ex officio
gail Daly
gillian M. McCombs
roberta Schaafsma
Cul AChieVeMents
recently named assistant deans for Central University Libraries are, from left, Bill Dworaczyk, assistant Dean for human resources/facilities; Mary Queyrouze, assistant Dean for Technology Services; and Patricia van Zandt, assistant Dean for Scholarly resources and research Services.
Cul expenditures 2010–2011
acquisitions $ 4,706,370
Salaries $ 3,767,542
automation $ 275,689
Other $ 1,684,448
seleCteD stAtistiCs FoR Cul
2009/2010 2010 /2011 (preliminary)
Student Enrollment 10,891 10,938
Undergraduate 6,228 6,192
Graduate and Professional 4,663 4,746
ColleCtions
Total volumes 2,180,745 2,174,035
Volumes added (less withdrawals) 18,260 -6,710
Books 1,263,158 1,281,060
Current serials 12,199 14,723
Microforms held 620,693 620,741
Government documents 683,935 684,609
Electronic databases 472 505
E-books n.a. 678,220
holDings in VoluMes, BY liBRARY
DeGolyer Library 138,257 143,326
Fondren Library Center 1,888,569 1,872,983
Hamon Arts Library 153,919 157,726
ACCess seRViCes
Circulation transactions 128,181 124,458
Interlibrary loans sent to other libraries 9,568 10,599
Interlibrary loans received 8,562 6,332
Total hours open (per week, regular session) 168 168
peRsonnel (Full-tiMe eQuiVAlent)
Professional positions 35 33
Support positions 42 41
Total 77 74
totAl liBRARY expenDituRes
$9,881,211 $10,434,048
45%
36%
3%
16%
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Mary SangerCarole M. SikesCarolyn McCoy Slaughter ’90Deborah H. StewartDavid L. Stovall ’95Lynn S. SuttonThomas W. TaylorMarshall Terry ’53, ’54 and
Antoinette Barksdale Terry ’54David I. Tindle ’84 and Ikumi S. TindleJean Dunlap Wallace ’59Carolyn Hopkins Walton ’53Frances Golden Ware ’44 †
Myron H. Watkins and Barbara Lord Watkins ’78Clayton E. Whitney and
Elizabeth Leachman Whitney ’78Christopher B. Whorton and
Barbara Branch Whorton ’66
(Up to $99)Jennifer E. AbdallaDorothy AdamsRonald Z. Aland ’72 and Sandra Jo StinsonSteven Allmon and Janet G. AllmonCraig B. Anderson ’90, ’93 and
Pamalla Calcote Anderson ’89Caroline Atkins ’09Carol Baker ’70Stanley Baker and Jeri Baker ’69Steven G. BarnettHeather D. BarrettRobert E. Behrendt and Lynn M. BehrendtPhilip Bellomy and Jane C. BellomyBlack Hills Mining MuseumAnjanette BoulColin J. Brofman ’00Frederick L. Bush and Mary K. BushKaren Ellaison Carroll ’90Michael H. Collins and Melissa A. Collins ’10Robert D. Compton ’49Eddie G. Cone ’60, ’61 and Roberta B. ConeLara J. Corazalla
Senta H. McClaffertyH. Neill McFarland ’47 and Corinne A. McFarlandMatthew W. Meyers, Jr. ’08Bettye M. NelsonErah Newman ’07, ’08Toni M. NolenCindy G. OlsonElizabeth H. OrrPaul Orsak and Katherine C. OrsakWilliam B. Pasley ’62, ’65, ’74 and
Linda Lewis Pasley ’64, ’78Sam L. PfiesterWalter D. Phillips ’67, ’69 and Joan T. PhillipsJames A. Polanco ’09PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPJim J. QuevedoCristina Richards ’06Herbert C. Robertson, Jr. ’51, ’59Meg RuckmanKatherine G. Schacht ’73Audrey M. Schlichenmaier ’07John W. SchlichenmaierTyeson V. Seale ’05Karen A. ShoholmGary L. ShultzBruce Shuman and Cammie V. ShumanEmily A. SmithTillman A. Smithey ’49Julia C. StewartR. Mikal Stovall and Billie K. Stovall ’06Les Swanson and Ruthann SwansonPat SweetBob Sypult and Barbara C. SypultFred Tarpley and Jolene C. TarpleyRyan B. Taylor and Anne E. AllbrightSidney C. Tompkins and Janice F. TompkinsPorcia N. Vaughn ’11Verizon FoundationRobert WalkerPatricia WardChad E. Watt ’95 and Jennifer C. Wang ’97, ’06Hunter L. YarbroughSandra S. Zucker
DonoRs to the CentRAl uniVeRsitY liBRARies
Commitments received from 6/1/10 to 5/31/11
($50,000 and above)Bradley W. Brookshire ’76 and
Ann Warmack Brookshire ’77Howard L. Gottlieb
($10,000 to $49,999)Mildred Henderson Grinstead ’54Bobby B. Lyle ’67Gillian M. McCombsVernon E. Morgan ’72 and Ruth P. MorganJohn N. Rowe, III ’59 and Patricia H. RoweFrances C. & William P. Smallwood
FoundationThe Summerlee Foundation
($1,000 to $9,999)Peter A. Altabef and
Jennifer Burr Altabef ’78, ’81R. E. BarnesJohn R. Bauer ’66 and Kathaleen K. BauerJill C. BeeEvelyn CoxWilliam L. Cravens ’70, ’71 and
M. Janis Calvin Cravens ’70Dallas Jewish Community FoundationB. Henry Estess, Jr. and Sandra EstessDavid R. Farmer and Carol FarmerDorothy Jackson Garland ’46Gayle K. Hamilton ’49 and Gloria HamiltonJohn K. Healing ’70 and Patricia L. JohnstonJames K. Hopkins and Patti LaSallePaul Huber and Nicki Nicol Huber ’61Caroline R. HuntCharles A. Inge ’49, ’71 and
Dominique Cranmer Inge ’83Donald R. Janak and Joan E. JanakMark L. Lemmon and Barbara T. LemmonStanley R. Levenson and Barbara LevensonMichael P. Lynn ’75 and
Barbara M. Golden Lynn ’76David McCall, IIIClifford R. Miercort and Barbara J. MiercortCaren H. ProthroThe Rosewood FoundationBecky L. Schergens ’62George E. Seay, III ’94 and Sarah S. SeayRichard V. Helgason and Marion G. SobolWillard SpiegelmanThe Standard Club of DallasTexas Instruments FoundationSteve A. Weeks and Cyndi M. Weeks
($100 to $999)Gilbert L. Adams and Lynne B. Adams ’64Georgia Sue BlackJohn E. Branch, Jr.Barbara Butler ’76William W. Campbell and
Mary Jo Steuernagel Campbell ’68Tom C. Caperton and
Patricia Landers Caperton ’71Sam Carpenter and Anita CarpenterWendell R. Carr Jr.
David F. Channell and Carolyn E. ChannellA. Brooks Chapman and Barbara P. ChapmanMartha Chawner ’75John P. Cheek and Alicia Q. CheekLandon A. Colquitt, IV ’75 and
Nancy M. ColquittCommunities Foundation of TexasBob Stimson and Donna CotterWilliam A. Custard ’57 and
Linda Pitts Custard ’60, ’99John R. Dresser ’79 and Mary G. DresserEdna Taylor Dublin ’35Sam E. Dunnam ’54 and
Valerie Sellors Dunnam ’54William J. Dworaczyk and
Rosanne D. DworaczykJay H. Eiland and Randi L. Buford Eiland ’96The Ermance Book Review ClubPeggy Bankston Fisher ’75Lee H. FordJames B. Francis, Jr. and Debbie B. FrancisAndy L. Frye ’80, ’88Diane Coffman Garvin ’70, ’97James A. Gibbs and Judy W. GibbsWilliam J. Goodwin and Margo E. GoodwinCraig A. Reynolds and Joan GosnellRonald A. Guest ’79 and Connie GuestCharles E. Haley ’71 and Marcia L. HaleyFrank W. Harrison, III and
Laurie Sands Harrison ’78Larry A. Helpert ’73Daniel K. Hennessy and Elizabeth W. HennessyJames G. Hoffman, Jr. ’86William F. Holmes and Jean Taggart Holmes ’54Nancy W. HowleyJohn V. Jansonius ’80 and Imelda FresquezClifford S. Jury ’84 and
Ann Frances Paris Jury ’81Stanley N. Katz and Adria H. KatzDorothy Bayer Kennington ’55Lionel L. Kinney and Vilma Valentine Kinney ’52Clare I. LattimoreAlan Mandell and Bobbie MandellKristen A. Marcis ’07David F. Martineau and Sara T. MartineauMichael A. McBee and Tina McBeeKelly M. MilazzoJustin D. Montgomery ’06, ’08Richard P. MorganRandall E. Mulry and
Paulette Pittman Mulry ’83John T. Neal ’66 and Kennie NealNeiman Marcus Group Matching Gift ProgramScott M. Nelson ’95 and Sarah C. NelsonDaniel P. Novakov ’84 and Lydia H. NovakovNeil J. O’Brien ’57 and
Patricia Brown O’Brien ’56J. M. Payne, III and Anne McWherter Payne ’65Michael Benston and Anne E. PetersonJohn F. Phinney and
Mary Louise Bartsch Phinney ’76Elmer C. PowellDavid H. Pulley ’83 and Tegwin Dyer Pulley ’81Robert P. Queyrouze and Mary E. QueyrouzeWilliam D. Riemer and D’Ann D. Riemer ’62Patrick B. Sands and Sara F. SandsStephen H. Sands ’70 and
Marcellene Wilson Sands ’69
library Awards
outstanding Student Assistant: Adrian
Kusuma, Business information Center
effective Use of information Technology:
Cindy Boeke, CUL Norwick Center for
Digital Services
outstanding Achievement: Christine
Willard, electronic and Digital Services
Librarian, Bridwell Library
Continuing excellence: Geailya Armour,
CUL Technology Services, acquisitions
employee of the Year: Michelle Hahn, CUL
Technology Services, Bibliographic Services
dean’s eureka! Award: rob Walker,
Director, Norwick Center for Digital
Services, received the award for digitizing
several Kinescope films of horton foote
plays, which had not been seen since they
were broadcast on the Philco Playhouse in
1954, and for suggesting that a large space
formerly occupied by some Lyle School of
engineering offices be used as a staff
auditorium in fondren Library Center.
CUl Team Award: SiC-3 Space Planning
Committee – rob Walker; Cindy
Gautreaux, project coordinator, facilities/
Public Services; Michelle Hahn, music
catalog librarian; Kyle Givens, library
specialist; Sarah Haight Sanabria, electronic
resources cataloger; Clare lattimore,
co-leader, Bibliographic Services, Metadata
Creation and Database Maintenance;
Christine Asberry Milazzo, graphic designer
and marketing support; Toni nolen,
Technology Services librarian; John Milazzo,
library specialist; Mary Queyrouze,
assistant Dean for Technology Services.
Brandi CraigTracee S. CrockettJorge L. Cruz ’91, ’95Dale E. Cunningham ’51, ’53 and
Claire Pickens Cunningham ’49, ’84Jennifer J. Cuthbertson ’00, ’01John M. Davis, Jr. ’67, ’70Ricardo Del RioDonna W. DoverJoel Eatmon ’83Matthew D. EdwardsMaristella J. FeustleJohn C. Flournoy ’86 and
Nina Planchard Flournoy ’10Julia B. Flowers ’10Cindy T. GautreauxDavid J. GianaddaL. R. Bob Gibson, Jr. ’48 and Nancy C. GibsonNicholas B. Gilliam and Robin Young Gilliam ’70William E. Golder and Melanie M. GolderRebecca GraffEmily G. Grubbs ’08Ping GuiMichelle HahnMarc W. Hall ’71 and Susan Hamm Hall ’70Oscar Heydari and Terre HeydariVerna R. HumphreyTanya Ivey ’07Ellen F. JackofskyEugene Jericho ’49 and
Mary Ellen Mitchell Jericho ’46JoEllen N. JohnsonEllen C. Johnston ’09Carolyn H. KeenonJames W. Kerr, Jr. ’65Catherine M. KingryRufus KirkJennifer KolmesJohn A. Kowtun, Jr. ’03Charlotte A. Kuser ’67Michael LairdTerri L. LewersDavid H. Lott, III ’02
nancy Hamon’s library legacy
Philanthropist Nancy hamon, an arts visionary and SMU supporter, died July 30 at her home in
Dallas. hamon’s contributions to SMU included a principal gift of $5 million to establish the Jake and
Nancy hamon arts Library. her husband, Jake hamon, preceded her in death in 1985. ground
was broken for the hamon arts Library on December 12, 1988. The library, which is located on
the west side of the Owen arts Center, was dedicated November 17, 1990.
a consolidated arts library had been in consideration for a decade – relevant books and special
collections materials had previously been housed in at least five different campus locations, says
Jon haupt, interim Director of hamon arts Library. The move occurred in stages and culminated with
the transfer of the initial holdings of what is now the Jerry Bywaters Special Collections Wing.
The hamon arts Library became one of SMU’s most widely used libraries, with 1.5 million visitors
in its first decade. The library’s circulating and reference collections contain more than 180,000
physical items relating to the visual and performing arts. in addition, the library offers some 300
subscriptions to arts periodicals and provides access to more than 60 online arts resources.
“The library’s collections and services support the educational mission of the Meadows School of the
arts, while also providing an important resource for the broader Dallas arts community,” haupt says.
Nancy hamon
FRienDs oF the sMu liBRARies
Memberships from 6/1/10 to 5/31/11
honorary MembersDevertt D. BickstonDavid R. Farmer and Carol FarmerNancy B. Hamon †
Curt P. HollemanEllen F. JackofskyAl LowmanRuth P. MorganRoss C. MurfinVirginia W. OramMaureen PastineCaren H. ProthroJudy SearlesWillie SparkmanW. Thomas TaylorR. Gerald Turner and Gail O. TurnerSue Trammell Whitfield ’54
Life Member ($5,000 and above)Scott R. JacobsRoss Perot, Jr. and Sarah Fullinwider Perot ’83Laura A. Turner ’90
Library fellow ($1,000 to $4,999)William R. Bond ’79John B. Schulze ’59 and Sally Reddig Schulze ’59Avelino F. Segura and Judith G. SeguraKenneth J. Thetford and
Jo Ann Geurin Thetford ’69, ’70David L. Whisenant ’71 and
Paula Wisenbaker Whisenant ’71
Benefactor ($500 to $999)Mike A. Condon and Jamie E. CondonFred G. Currey and Marjorie Lucas Currey ’54Leland Fikes, Jr. and Amy Leftwich Fikes ’68Dorothy Jackson Garland ’46Truman E. Harper and
Carolyn Chapman Harper ’69Charles L. Lloyd, Jr. ’64 and Sandra C. LloydJames A. McMillin ’94 and Judy B. McMillinJames R. Pratt and Joanne H. PrattWillard Spiegelman
Patron ($250 to $499)Ronald F. Bradford and
Mary Helen Barksdale Bradford ’63John Davidson and Caroline A. DavidsonEzra GreenspanThomas S. Halsey and Elizabeth C. HalseyKenneth M. Jasinski and Jacqueline S. JasinskiJeanne Roach Johnson ’54John R. Knott ’73 and Janis W. KnottJohn H. Lange and Pamela Parker Lange ’71, ’73William J. Rainer ’68, ’70 and
Carolyn Mattson Rainer ’67Greg SchaubPat Y. Spillman and Mary S. SpillmanAlice R. Swank ’76William M. Tsutsui and Marjorie E. SwannLarrie A. Weil and Bobbi W. WeilCharlotte Totebusch Whaley ’70, ’76John C. White ’95
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associate ($100 to $249)Virginia Richie Abdo ’54, ’69Pierce M. Allman ’54 and Allie Beth M. AllmanCraig B. Anderson ’90, ’93 and
Pamalla Calcote Anderson ’89Robert C. AustinMarie BaldwinPatricia BaldwinMichael H. Barnes and Kay BarnesWilliam B. Barnett and Susan C. Barnett ’08Marc C. Bateman ’71 and
Marcia Bunnell Bateman ’76Jon R. Bauman ’67 and Lou M. BaumanDavid Berberian and Glyssie BerberianFrances Beresford Bearden ’44Michael Benston and Anne E. PetersonU. Narayan Bhat and Girija Maliye Bhat ’72Scott McCartney and
Karen Frances Blumenthal ’90Elizabeth M. BoeckmanAlan R. Bromberg and Anne R. BrombergSharon P. BrownLee BurkeChris B. Burrow and Harriet S. BurrowHelen L. Bush ’08Theodore R. CackowskiWillard D. Campbell, Jr.John C. Caruth and Linda F. CaruthThomas L. Case and Bonnie N. CaseJeff D. Chalk, III and Sarah S. ChalkMartha Chawner ’75Samuel H. Childers, Jr. ’97Richard W. CogleyRandall W. Coil and Cydney J. CoilLarry W. Collins and Lynn Gardner Collins ’71Michael H. Collins and Melissa A. Collins ’10William G. Compton and Kathleen E. ComptonBob Stimson and Donna CotterJohn L. Cotton, Jr. ’64, ’71, ’90, ’91 and
Carol S. Jordan ’68Roy B. Culbertson ’83 and Grace CulbertsonG. Mark Cullum ’70 and
Sally Grayson Cullum ’79Charles E. CurranJosiah M. Daniel, III and Susan S. DanielJames W. Davis, Jr. ’68 and Susan E. DavisJames A. Dewberry, Jr. ’47 and
Barbara Farris Dewberry ’79William D. Dockery and Mary A. DockeryShirley DyessMichael J. Fleisher and Martha R. FleisherAnn Jacobus Folz ’50James A. Glasscock ’60, ’75 and
Lois Kershner Glasscock ’74, ’00William B. Glenn and
Carmen Sabates Glenn ’81, ’89Keith Gregory and Barbara GregoryCraig A. Reynolds and Joan GosnellThornton Hardie, III and Susan Smith Hardie ’99Rhonda HavinsMichael V. Hazel ’70Fred M. Heath and Jean HeathPaul HimmelreichJames G. Hoffman, Jr. ’86Beverly J. HolmesCharlene W. HowellSelma E. Hughes ’70William S. Hunter ’53 and Jean L. HunterJohn W. Hyland and Kay Fincher Hyland ’65
Charles A. Inge ’49, ’71 and Dominique Cranmer Inge ’83
Ellen F. JackofskyJamie E. JenningsAnn JeterLouise Kent Kane ’53Chester W. Kaufman and Delphine M. KaufmanTierney H. Kaufman ’07L. E. Kehl, Jr.Helen B. KelsoJames W. Kerr, Jr. ’65Rusty Ketz ’68, ’71 and Elizabeth A. KetzAnn Giles Kimbrough ’47Rina KirchgessnerZachary A. KnottHarold B. Krom ’60Olin C. Lancaster, Jr. and
Sally Rhodus Lancaster ’60, ’79George T. Lee, Jr. and Natalie Henderson Lee ’82Teresa M. LemieuxRoger LesterCarrie J. LoftisCarolyn B. LoyDonald J. Malouf ’62 and Dian L. MaloufRichard E. MartinGillian M. McCombsJohn H. McElhaney ’56, ’58 and
Jackie Masur McElhaney ’62Ludwig A. Michael and Carmen Miller Michael ’45Clifford R. Miercort and Barbara J. MiercortCarla MorlockKaivon S. Mortazavi ’97 and
Karen Merritt Mortazavi ’95Sudalaimuthu PalaniappanMaria PorrasErnest Poulos ’47Rama V. RamachandranCharles T. Richardson and
Twila Tucker Richardson ’67Stephen L. Rush and Nancy O’ConnorRonald SchenkBecky L. Schergens ’62William F. Barstow and Laurie C. ShulmanHarold W. Stanley and Carolyn S. CunninghamJohn A. Stoneham, II ’65, ’67 and
Harriet H. StonehamKeith F. Thompson and Jo J. ThompsonDavid M. Underwood, Jr. ’88 and
Christine UnderwoodR. M. Voelker, Jr. and Carla R. VoelkerSara VracarFrances Golden Ware ’44 †
Kimball S. Watson and Bertha M. WatsonJohn C. Waugh and Kathleen D. LivelyTerry D. Westbrook and Vernetta A. WestbrookJohn G. Whaley ’75 and Wendy H. WhaleyEdward J. Williams, Jr. and Martha B. WilliamsGerry D. York ’58 and Polly Mitchell York ’95B. J. Zimmerman ’54 and Patsy C. Zimmerman
faculty/StaffAnn AbbasBill Abbott and Judy AbbottStephanie AmselWilliam E. Barker and Mary Ann Barker ’77Ed Biehl and Julianne Addis Biehl ’72Victor V. Contreras ’03Mary Jo DancerCynthia A. Franco ’97Maria I. Lopez Garcia
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Charles L. Kriska and Patricia E. Kriska ’93, ’97
Russell L. Martin, III ’78, ’86 and Janet Kennedy Martin ’73, ’90
Sandy L. MillerJane E. Morris ’67Randall E. Mulry and
Paulette Pittman Mulry ’83Donald L. Niewyk and
Ellen Buie Niewyk ’78Fredrick I. Olness and Gloria S. OlnessPat Ruppi, Jr. and Cindy RuppiC. W. SmithMarcella L. StarkMarshall Terry ’53, ’54 and
Antoinette Barksdale Terry ’54Patricia R. Van ZandtPatricia WardLori S. WhiteHal Williams
young LiteratiDonna J. BowmanLibby CampDion D. Carver and Amy Kathryn Carver ’94Daniel Doyon and Valentina C. DoyonThomas B. Greene, IV ’06Sarah A. HananCallan E. Harrison ’09Jonathan HauptKristina A. Kiik ’06, ’10Justin D. Montgomery ’06, ’08Cristina Richards ’06Alisa Rata Stutzbach ’99Brooke Vadala
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Rusty Ketz ’68, ’71 and Elizabeth A. KetzWilliam P. Krueger and Rebecca KruegerThomas Merlan and Frances Levine ’76, ’80Pat Ruppi, Jr. and Cindy RuppiMarshall Terry ’53, ’54 and
Antoinette Barksdale Terry ’54Patricia R. Van Zandt
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FriendS
($1,000 and above)Communities Foundation of TexasMargaret D. CrowC. W. Flynn, IV and Jenifer B. FlynnRobert D. Harrison ’70, ’73 and
Juli Callan Harrison ’70, ’72Daniel K. Hennessy and
Elizabeth W. HennessyJerry W. Jones and Gene C. JonesJack D. Knox ’60, ’63James A. McMillin ’94 and Judy B. McMillinLudwig A. Michael and
Carmen Miller Michael ’45David B. Miller ’72, ’73 and Carolyn L. MillerRoss Perot, Jr. and
Sarah Fullinwider Perot ’83Marshall Terry ’53, ’54 and
Antoinette Barksdale Terry ’54Patricia R. Van ZandtSue Trammell Whitfield ’54Gerry D. York ’58 and Polly Mitchell York ’95
(Up to $999)Martin E. Auerbach and Leslie AuerbachPatricia BaldwinMichael Benston and Anne E. PetersonU. Narayan Bhat and Girija Maliye Bhat ’72Alan R. Bromberg and Anne R. BrombergJames E. BrooksWillard D. Campbell, Jr.Martha Chawner ’75Samuel H. Childers, Jr. ’97Brent E. ChristopherBob Stimson and Donna CotterFred G. Currey and
Marjorie Lucas Currey ’54Addie Beth C. Denton ’88, ’95Samantha FitzsimonsDorothy Jackson Garland ’46Craig A. Reynolds and Joan GosnellThornton Hardie, III and
Susan Smith Hardie ’99Don M. Houseman ’42 and
Kathryn HousemanShannon R. JarrettJeanne Roach Johnson ’54Rusty Ketz ’68, ’71 and Elizabeth A. KetzJ. Luther King, Jr. and Teresa KingJohn R. Knott ’73 and Janis W. KnottBobby B. Lyle ’67Donald J. Malouf ’62 and Dian L. MaloufJoseph R. Mannes and
Victoria Thomas MannesRussell L. Martin, III ’78, ’86 and
Janet Kennedy Martin ’73, ’90Gillian M. McCombsJohn H. McElhaney ’56, ’58 and
Jackie Masur McElhaney ’62E.G. McMillan, III ’61, ’62 and
Carmen Crews McMillan ’64Charles M. Meadows, Jr. and
Mary Blake Beeler Meadows ’74Nationwide FoundationWilliam E. Nelson ’67, ’81 and
Pamela Hudson Nelson ’74Michael A. Wallis and
Julie Ann O’Connell ’79Timothy M. O’Connor and
Kelly York O’Connor ’87Caren H. ProthroJohn B. Shulze ’59 and
Sally Reddig Schulze ’59Carol Paris Seay ’66, ’71Avelino F. Segura and Judith G. SeguraKenneth D. Shields and Joanna M. ShieldsCarolyn McCoy Slaughter ’90Norman M. Spencer, Jr. and
Marilyn Schutt Spencer ’89Willard SpiegelmanPat Y. Spillman and Mary S. SpillmanWilliam M. Tsutsui and Marjorie E. SwannLarrie A. Weil and Bobbi W. WeilDavid L. Whisenant ’71 and
Paula Wisenbaker Whisenant ’71Michelle WitcherJacquelyn Ryan Wynne ’68, ’70
† deceased
Every effort has been made to accurately include all our friends and donors. If you feel an error or omission has been made, please contact us (see inside back cover).
louise raggio: remembering The ‘Texas Tornado’
Trailblazing attorney Louise Ballerstedt raggio, whose papers are part of the archives of Women of the Southwest Collection in Degolyer Library, died in January at 91.
raggio is credited with doing more to ensure the protection of women’s legal rights in Texas than any other person in history. her work on passage of the Marital act of 1967 ended the requirement that Texas women turn over control of their personal finances and real estate to their husbands upon marriage.
her accomplishments, however, did not come easily or quickly. after graduating in 1952 from what is now SMU’s Dedman School of Law – the only woman in her class – she could not find a job. One of the few she was offered was as head of a law firm’s typing pool. In 1954, she was hired by legendary Dallas County District attorney henry Wade (Roe v. Wade) and became the first woman to prosecute a criminal case in Dallas.
friends and family established the Louise Ballerstedt raggio endowed Lecture Series in Women’s Studies at SMU in 1988 as a tribute to the pioneering women’s rights and family law activist.
raggio also has been honored by her sons, attorneys grier, Tom and Ken raggio, through the remember the Ladies! campaign, which seeks to endow an archivist position dedicated solely to supporting the archives of Women of the Southwest Collection.
Texas Tornado [Citadel Press, 2003], the auto-biography that raggio wrote with assistance from friend and award-winning journalist vivian Castleberry ’44, tells a story that is relevant today.
“young people, particularly young women, need to understand how Louise opened doors to opportunity that had been barred from our – and previous – generations,” Castleberry says. “i hope they will address unresolved issues of equality and equity in our society by following Louise’s example and doing what they can to remove impediments and open doors.”
Louise raggio
Council of library directorsroberta Schaafsma, Director and J.S. Bridwell Foundation Endowed Librarian (chair 2010-2011)
Gail daly, Associate Dean for Library and Technology and Associate Professor of Law
Joe Gargiulo, Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology
ellen F. Jackofsky, Associate Provost for Faculty and Administrative Affairs
Gillian M. McCombs, Dean and Director, Central University Libraries
Sandal Miller, Director, Business Information Center
Mary Queyrouze, Assistant Dean, Technology Services, Central University Libraries
CUl leadership TeamGillian M. McCombs, Dean and Director, Central University Libraries
Amy Carver, Director, Friends of the SMU Libraries and Central University Libraries Marketing and External Relations
donna Cotter, Financial Analyst, Central University Libraries
Bill dworaczyk, Assistant Dean, Human Resources/Facilities, Central University Libraries
Jon Haupt, Director ad Interim, Hamon Arts Library
russell Martin, Director, DeGolyer Library
Paulette Mulry, Director of Development, Central University Libraries
Mary Queyrouze, Assistant Dean, Technology Services, Central University Libraries
robert Walker, Director, Norwick Center for Digital Services
Patricia Van Zandt, Assistant Dean, Scholarly Resources and Research Services, Central University Libraries
CUl Management TeamGillian M. McCombs, Dean and Director, Central University Libraries
donna Cotter, Financial Analyst, Central University Libraries
Bill dworaczyk, Assistant Dean, Human Resources/Facilities, Central University Libraries
Mary Queyrouze, Assistant Dean, Technology Services, Central University Libraries
Patricia Van Zandt, Assistant Dean, Scholarly Resources and Research Services, Central University Libraries
SMU libraries executive Board
H. Winfield Padgett, Jr.
Chair
fredrick S. Leach ’83Vice Chair
Jennifer Burr altabef ’78
Pamalla Calcote anderson ’89
Jill C. Bee
ann Warmack Brookshire ’77
Michael h. Collins
Celia Whitfield Crank ’83
M. Janis Calvin Cravens ’70
Sally grayson Cullum ’79
Marjorie Lucas Currey ’55
Linda S. eads
amy Leftwich fikes ’68
C. W. flynn, iv
Dorothy Jackson garland ’46
James a. glasscock ’60, ’75
Margaret Schloss hall ’80
Juli Callan harrison ’70, ’72
Michael v. hazel ’70
fred M. heath
Nicki Nicol huber ’61
gene C. Jones
Sally rhodus Lancaster ’60, ’79
Tavenner C. Lupton, iii ’79
victoria Thomas Mannes
Ludwig a. Michael
Barbara D. Miercort
fredrick Olness
Pattie Orr
Sarah fullinwider Perot ’83
James r. Pratt
Lynn S. Sutton
george e. Tobolowsky ’70, ’74
Steve a. Weeks
Larrie a. Weil
Paula Wisenbaker Whisenant ’71
Sue Trammell Whitfield ’54
richard J. Wood
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