University of Tulsa. Kendall College of Arts & Sciences

Scope and Contents The collection consists of the photocopied typescript of Blair's "Memoirs," Observations on Plants of Eastern Oklahoma," and a carbon copy typescript of "Susceptibility of the Spadefoot Toad and the Tree Frog to Ouabain, Cymarin and Coumingine Hydrochloride." Also included in the collection are 188 letters, postcards and notes from various colleagues to Blair from 1940-1994Also included in the collection are Blair's military service records from 1943 to 1946 while serving in the...

Scope and Contents Artist Alexandre Hogue (1898-1994) was born in Memphis, Missouri and lived in Denton and Dallas, Texas before moving to Tulsa in 1945. He was chair of The University of Tulsa School of Art from 1945 to 1963 but continued teaching at the university until his retirement in 1968. The gallery in Phillips Hall has been named in his honor.Hogue's paintings of the Dust Bowl era won him international acclaim. His works are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution's...