February 16, 2012, Filed Under: Research + TeachingAfrica and the Archive: Researching the Transcription Centre Georgetown University Assistant Professor of English and Women and Gender Studies Samantha Pinto is a fellow in the African and American Diaspora Studies Department at The University of Texas at Austin for the 2011–2012 year. She writes about her research in the Transcription Centre, an organization founded for African Literature… read more
February 14, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Photography"The Gernsheim Collection" Earns Recognition The Gernsheim Collection, co-published by the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Texas Press, has been awarded an Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award, which honors a distinguished catalog in the history of art published during the past year. Edited by Ransom Center Senior Research Curator Roy Flukinger, The Gernsheim… read more
February 9, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellows Find: Finding humanity in the Isaac Bashevis Singer correspondence Alexandra Tali Herzog, PhD candidate in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, visited the Harry Ransom Center in June 2011 on a dissertation fellowship to investigate the Isaac Bashevis Singer collection. In her dissertation, she examines the interplay between demonology, libertinism, and religion in Singer’s work. Drawing… read more
February 7, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsCharles Dickens turns 200 today Charles Dickens was born in 1812—200 years ago today—and his works continue to be some of the most beloved and enduring stories in the English literary canon. The Ransom Center has strong holdings of Charles Dickens materials, many of which were donated to the Center in the 1970s by Halstead… read more
February 2, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingThe Letters of Hemingway: a scholar’s work in the Ransom Center archives The recent publication of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume I, 1907-1922 has re-ignited public interest in Hemingway’s personal life and documents. In the introduction to the book, editor Sandra Spanier writes: “Hemingway’s letters constitute this autobiography in the continuous present tense. They enrich our understanding of his creative processes,… read more
January 31, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsDenis Johnson papers open for research Since July 2011, Harry Ransom Center archivist Amy Armstrong has been processing and cataloging the Denis Johnson papers, which are now available for research. Armstrong shares her insight about processing the Johnson materials. “Guess what collection I just started processing?” I asked my husband in a voice that implied he… read more
