November 3, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events"Consider the Archive: An Evening of David Foster Wallace" The Harry Ransom Center commemorated the opening of the David Foster Wallace archive with readings of Wallace’s work by writers and actors on September 14, 2010. Readers Wayne Alan Brenner, Elizabeth Crane, L. B. Deyo, Doug Dorst, Owen Egerton, Chris Gibson, Kurt Hildebrand, Shannon McCormick, and Jake Silverstein shared selections… read more
November 2, 2010, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingFighting Heat, Dust, and Glare: Roger Fenton and the first photographic documentation during the Crimean War In 1950 photography collector Helmut Gernsheim managed to track down a descendant of photographer Roger Fenton and scored one of the greatest coups of his career: Fenton’s own complete set of Crimean War photographs for a grand total of £50. After closing the deal in the owner’s Farnborough garage, Gernsheim… read more
October 28, 2010, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingEmbroidered Bible tells many stories Among the Harry Ransom Center’s collection of early printed Bibles is a 1638 edition of what is arguably the single most influential English translation of the Bible, the King James Bible. This Bible’s front and back covers are embroidered with a nativity scene in silk and silver thread on linen.… read more
October 26, 2010, Filed Under: Research + TeachingYour field guide to the Ransom Center A completely revised Guide to the Collections has appeared on the Center’s website, superseding one based largely on the published edition of 2003 (now out of print). The Guide does not replace standard cataloging but supplements it, emphasizing topical access across the collections. Changes in scholarship since the first edition… read more
October 21, 2010, Filed Under: FilmAustin Film Festival screens ‘Sweet Smell of Success’ The Austin Film Festival, in partnership with the Ransom Center and Los Angeles Times’ film critic Kenneth Turan, will be screening Sweet Smell of Success (1957) at the Alamo Ritz on Friday, October 22. The Ransom Center holds screenwriter Ernest Lehman’s archive, which consists of more than 2,500 items from… read more
October 19, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Photography, Research + Teaching"The Lives and Work of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim" Tonight, J. B. Colson, Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Fellow of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, and Roy Flukinger, Ransom Center Senior Research Curator of Photography, discuss the lives and work of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim at the Ransom Center. This event will be held in conjunction with… read more
