March 15, 2012, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingErrol Morris book highlights photos from Ransom Center’s collections Writer and filmmaker Errol Morris, winner of an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, an Emmy, and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Festival, drew on the Ransom Center’s photography collections for his most recent book, Believing is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography, published by Penguin in… read more
March 13, 2012, Filed Under: Art, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsIn the galleries: Jacob Lawrence’s "Eight Studies for The Book of Genesis" Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) received his early education as an artist in Harlem. By the time he was in his twenties, he had received national recognition for his work, notably “The Migration Series,” about the African-American migration from the South to the North following World War I. Lawrence spent most of… read more
March 8, 2012, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsUr-Knopf: An early Knopf book is reunited with larger Knopf library June 1915. Gene Stratton-Porter and Pollyanna held their dull sway over the American best-seller lists. A young publisher on the make, who had been fired by his house for planning to poach one of its authors, had just decided to go into business for himself. With seed money from his… read more
