January 31, 2018, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1Talking about early digital facsimiles with Sarah Werner Sarah Werner is a book historian and digital strategist based in Washington, D.C.
January 29, 2018, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsGrappling with the past: On exhibiting minstrelsy materials The decision to include collection material depicting blackface minstrelsy in our exhibition on vaudeville is a decision we do not take lightly. Minstrelsy is part of the history of American performance and vaudeville. We have a responsibility not to hide this troubling history, but also to display it in such… read more
January 29, 2018, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, Theatre + Performing ArtsExhibition shares the story of vaudeville Above: Unidentified photographer, [Adele and Fred Astaire], ca. 1914. Gelatin silver print, 21.8 x 19.8 cm. Dance Collection, Harry Ransom Center. The Harry Ransom Center draws on its extensive performing arts holdings to tell the story of one of American theatre’s most popular forms of entertainment in the exhibition Vaudeville!
