October 14, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsCharles R. Larson on African literature Tonight, Charles R. Larson of American University speaks about his collection of African, African American, and Native American literature, acquired by the Harry Ransom Center> in 2009. Bernth Lindfors, University of Texas at Austin emeritus professor of English, hosts the conversation. Here Larson shares how he became interested in African… read more
October 6, 2010, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingThrough Lewis Carroll’s Looking Glass Lewis Carroll is synonymous with Alice in Wonderland, his 1865 novel of nonsensical imagination that cemented his reputation as a visionary author and captured the hearts of children and adults alike. Carroll’s literary creation, immortalized through Disney movies, is well known. What is less known, however, is Carroll’s life as… read more
October 5, 2010, Filed Under: Conservation, PhotographyBefore and After: A Henry Peach Robinson photograph “Before and After” goes behind the scenes with the the Ransom Center’s conservation department. The most recent installment highlighted work that Head of Photograph Conservation Barbara Brown completed on the Henry Peach Robinson photograph “Bringing Home the May,” taken ca. 1862–1863. Some of Robinson’s work is on view in the… read more
September 30, 2010, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingThe travels of photojournalist David Douglas Duncan Katherine Slusher, an art curator and writer based in Barcelona was a David Douglas Duncan Fellow at the Ransom Center in 2009. She writes about her research in the Duncan collection, which documents his travels all over the world as a photojournalist. Slusher’s article highlights Duncan’s extensive travels to the… read more
September 28, 2010, Filed Under: AuthorsDon DeLillo and David Mamet honored by PEN Two writers whose archives reside at the Ransom Center received 2010 PEN Literary Awards. Novelist Don DeLillo received the 2010 PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction. He is the author of 15 novels, 4 plays, and a number of short stories and essays. The PEN/Saul Bellow Award for… read more
September 16, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsView photos of "A Picture Perfect Evening" The Harry Ransom Center celebrated the opening of its exhibition, Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection, with a “Picture Perfect Evening” on Friday, September 10. Guests enjoyed informal tours of the exhibition, photo-inspired screenings, “make-and-take” photo keepsakes with The WonderCraft, cocktails courtesy of Tito’s Handmade Vodka, hors d’oeuvres,… read more
