November 6, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsJames Salter speaks this week at the Ransom Center Writer James Salter, whose archive resides at the Ransom Center, will discuss his life and work with Professor Thomas F. Staley on Thursday, November 7 at 7:00 p.m. Salter is the author of A Sport and a Pastime and the acclaimed new novel All That Is. He received the… read more
November 5, 2013, Filed Under: Cataloging, Theatre + Performing ArtsZarzuelas: The music of the sueltas As cataloging of the Texas collection of comedias sueltas continues at the Harry Ransom Center, new features about these plays continue to be identified. The sueltas collection comprises nearly 14,000 titles published from the second half of the seventeenth century through the early twentieth century. More than half of the… read more
November 4, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsRansom Center’s Nuremberg Chronicle on view at the Blanton Museum A copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle from the Ransom Center’s collections is on view at The University of Texas at Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art as part of the exhibition Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475–1540. The exhibition, organized by the National Gallery of Art in Washington with… read more
November 1, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsJayne Anne Phillips publishes new novel This October, Jayne Anne Phillips has released her newest novel, Quiet Dell. Described by Stephen King as “a compulsively readable story,” the novel is based on the true and mysterious murder of a widow and her children living in Quiet Dell, West Virginia. Phillips, whose archive resides at the Ransom… read more
October 31, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Authors, Books + ManuscriptsWilliam Makepeace Thackeray’s chorus of witches Although best known for his 1848 novel Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray was not always a writer. After college and a brief stint studying law, he moved to Paris to try his hand as a painter. Gambling and unsuccessful business ventures decimated his inherited fortune, however, and Thackeray was forced… read more
October 30, 2013, Filed Under: Conservation, FilmBloody costumes in De Niro collection present unusual challenge for conservation team Blood runs through the archive of renowned actor Robert De Niro. From bloodstained props to grisly costumes, artifacts of some of Hollywood’s most iconic thrillers are preserved at the Harry Ransom Center. Although the fake blood that marks these materials might share a similar chemical makeup, each bloody stain has… read more
