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WE’RE BLOGGING

Sharing unique items in the special collections archives

Special Collections has embraced blogging as a source for 3. An early seventeenth-century gradual, the music and words
sharing unique items of interest that have been donated to for all the Masses of the Roman Catholic liturgical year. The
the special collections archives. Blogging about these rare gift comes to the Library through the thoughtful generosity of
items allows us to share interesting information. You can read Dr. Catherine A. Colquitt. The gradual is probably of Iberian
about several of the more recent items special collections have origin as it uses a five-line rather than a four-line staff for the
received on our blog: chant notation. Although not medieval, the volume was
produced
1. The personal papers using the same
of two women poets: the methods and
Violette Newton Papers and materials that
the Ramona Maher Weeks would have
Papers. These collections been used
trace the lives and literary to produce
careers of these women and the same
their love for poetry. These document
collections compliment the in the
Mabel Kuykendall Papers, Middle Ages:
also recently added to vellum, gold
Special Collections. These illumination, hand written words and notation. Although
collections give insight into it appears that many of the versals, or initial letters, and
the work of these three gifted illustrations have been printed using wooden blocks and then
and honored poets. We are glad later highlighted in color by hand.
they have a home at TCU. At the request of the donor, the volume is to be known as
2. Recently received items from the family of Mrs. Kathleen the Mixson-Colquitt Gradual, was given in memory of Dr.
Woodier Lutz. Born in Harvey, Illinois in 1921, she moved with Colquitt’s parents, Betsy and Landon Colquitt, who were for
her family to Vernon, Texas many years’ members of the faculty of TCU; and in honor of
during her high school years. Linda and Keith Mixson.
While attending Harris School Visit the Special Collections Blog for information on recent
of Nursing, she married in collections and images: http://library.tcu.edu/spcoll/
secret, as student nurses were
not allowed to have spouses.
She graduated in 1943 and
continued to work at Harris
Hospital until she moved with
her husband to Bremerton,
Washington in 1944. Items in
the collection include a nurse’s
cape, cap, a diploma from
Harris Nursing College, two
photographs of Mrs. Lutz,
and other items. A collection inventory is available on the
Special Collections website.

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