February 29, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, PhotographySpecial offer celebrates recognition of "The Gernsheim Collection" Just last week, The Gernsheim Collection, co-published by the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Texas Press, received an Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award, which honors a distinguished catalog in the history of art published during the past year. To celebrate this recognition, the Ransom Center is offering editor-signed… read more
February 28, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsFrom buildings to books to tattoos: The language of the King James Bible “Eat, drink, and be merry.” “The skin of our teeth.” “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Phrases from the King James Bible are so thoroughly integrated into our language that we often don’t think about their origins. In conjunction with today’s opening of the… read more
February 28, 2012, Filed Under: Cataloging, Research + TeachingNewly cataloged collection of science materials now open for research A collection of science materials from the family of Sir John F. W. Herschel (1792–1871) is now open for research after a grant enabled staffers to rehouse the collection and to create an online inventory. The Herschel family papers, acquired in 1960 with subsequent smaller accessions of additional materials, largely… read more
February 23, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellows Find: How Diane Johnson’s writing process evolved with her work in Victorian literature and screenwriting Carolyn A. Durham, Inez K. Gaylord Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the College of Wooster, spent the month of June (2011) at the Harry Ransom Center on a fellowship. Her research in the Diane Johnson collection informs her book, Understanding Diane Johnson, which will be published by the… read more
February 22, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsThree Ransom Center authors announced as finalists for the 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award Authors Russell Banks, Don DeLillo, and Anita Desai were selected as finalists for the 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The Ransom Center holds the archives of Banks, Delillo, and Desai. Banks was nominated for his twelfth novel Lost Memory of Skin, DeLillo was nominated for his collection of short stories… read more
February 21, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsTeacher workshops demonstrate value of primary source materials in Ransom Center’s collections to enhance learning In elementary school, my class took a field trip to the main branch of the Houston Public Library. We learned how to use the microfilm machines, and I was allowed to look up the front page of the newspaper from the day I was born. I still remember the “Ransom… read more
