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Biography of the industrialist and legendary philanthropist who led Texas Instruments during its meteoric rise from obscurity into one of the nation's leading electronics firms and who became Dallas' mayor as he guided his adopted city to recovery after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Dallas: DeGolyer Library, 2013).

Beautifully illustrated guide to the images and objects from the collection of Caroline F. Schimmel featured in her exhibition entitled "OK, I'll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness."

One Hundred Years on the Hilltop: The Centennial History of Southern Methodist University Dallas: DeGolyer Library, 2016

2013. vii, 93, [2] p., col. ill. Paper

Dallas: DeGolyer Library, 2014. This 30th anniversary edition of Joe Coomer's first novel isby turns lyrical, comic, elegiac, tender, exuberant, and wise. Set in the hills of Kentucky, the novel tells the story of Mitchell Parks and his wife Jenny, whom we meet first in the days of their courtship and follow through to their old age.

Attending Southern Methodist University on an academic scholarship, Labor finds a campus transformed from its earlier "country club" image, with veterans making up half the student body. Labor immerses himself in the life of SMU, while working odd jobs and dreaming of becoming a college professor. He devises a plan to follow the open road into the heart of America, trailing the wheat harvest. The Far Music, celebrates a special time in American cultural history. Once you come under its spell, you'll never forget it.