[Scriptoris] Road Trip Recommendations?

[Don Whitney]

Southern Methodist University (SMU) is located in North Dallas, Texas
(Richardson, I think. Just South of Plano).

Sylvius, lost in the great white north






>From: Kayci McKinley <kmckinley at petra.com>
>Reply-To: scriptoris at ansteorra.org
>To: <scriptoris at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Scriptoris] Road Trip Recommendations?
>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:06:40 -0600
>
>Aslyn,
>
>Where is SMU?  Is it in Dallas?  That's pretty close with a little
>planning,
>only 3 hours from Namron.
>
>Given the wealth of info and intriguing private Ansteorran libraries in the
>south, maybe I can round up a couple of my scribal geek friends  from the
>Abbey and make a trip that way this summer.  You guys are making me drool.
>LOL..
>
>Nic~
> > From: crystal.lamb at sabinevalley.org (Crystal Lamb)
> > Reply-To: scriptoris at ansteorra.org
> > Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:59:00 -0600
> > To: <scriptoris at ansteorra.org>
> > Subject: RE: [Scriptoris] Road Trip Recommendations?
> >
> > Nic -
> >
> > Well....duh....Lete brings to mind yet another "Fond Apprenti Story"
> > (tm).....which I would highly encourage you guys (even way up North) to
> > consider a summer road trip to do....
> >
> > It all started when young Aslyn begged her Laurel (and grand Laurel) to
> > take her to....The SMU Libraries!!!!!  Yes, kids....there are wonders to
> > behold at the SMU libraries (note the plurality here)...even extant
> > examples (read:  primary sources that you can squint at, and "if memory
> > serves me" if you hit it at the right time, you can put on gloves and
> > fondle....."oooohhhhh").
> >
> > I found a wide variety of obscure (and not so obscure) material to work
> > with.  Those libraries served me for years to come (and many, many late
> > night trips....I got to know the clerks at the Ramada across the street
> > a little too well).
> >
> > The Dallas Public library also has nifty books...*however*....to me it
> > feels like an Act of Congress to get to them (although I always thought
> > Mistress Serena had, like, the Willy Wonka Golden ticket to get in or
> > something)....but they do have some really nice costuming books
> > there...if I remember correctly....you know....me and costuming
> > (shudders)...
> >
> > So....consider a Summer road trip down to SMU....
> >
> > And Mistress Serena is also correct:  I was remiss in not mentioning the
> > Alexandrian Library South....Mistress Rose and Master Geoff's....I just
> > always thought that they had the entire collection memorized as
> > well...think of them as the portable V&A...
> >
> > ~Aslyn
> >
> >
> >
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