August 17, 2010, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsEdmund Blunden’s souvenir World War I map: St. Julien, Belgium, July 31, 1917 Within the Ransom Center’s extensive collection of papers of British author and poet Edmund Blunden (1896–1974) is a group of printed maps. These maps came into Blunden’s possession during his service as an officer in the Royal Sussex Regiment during World War I. Most of the maps are British Ordnance… read more
August 12, 2010, Filed Under: Conservation, FilmGrant will allow restoration of four Jorge Prelorán films The Ransom Center recently received a grant from the Tinker Foundation, based in New York City, to restore and make accessible four films by Jorge Prelorán. The series, “The Argentine Gaucho Today,” resides in the Edward Larocque Tinker collection at the Ransom Center. Born to an Argentine father and Irish-American… read more
August 10, 2010, Filed Under: Conservation, FilmDonations sought to restore iconic costumes from ‘Gone With The Wind’ The Ransom Center seeks to raise $30,000 to restore and preserve five original costumes from Gone With The Wind (1939). Donations to restore the costumes can be made online. The Ransom Center holds the film collection of David O. Selznick, a well-known and admired producer of Hollywood’s “Golden Age” of… read more
August 5, 2010, Filed Under: PhotographyWeb exhibition highlights world’s first photo Joseph Nicéphore Niépce captured the world’s first photograph in 1826 or 1827, but it took more than 125 years for it to be recognized as such. The photograph was rediscovered by photo historian Helmut Gernsheim, who found it lying forgotten in a trunk. “I held the foundation stone of photography… read more
August 3, 2010, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsSee full digitized version of the Gutenberg Bible Among the Ransom Center’s greatest treasures is the Gutenberg Bible, one of only five complete copies in the United States and only 21 complete copies in the world. The Ransom Center digitized the entire copy of its Gutenberg Bible in 2002, resulting in 1,300 images that reveal the text, large… read more
July 30, 2010, Filed Under: FilmSee designs for ‘The Red Shoes’ and view a restored version of the film The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will be screening a restored version of The Red Shoes (1948) on Thursday, August 5. Through August 1, visitors to the Making Movies exhibition can view Hein Heckroth’s storyboards for The Red Shoes and a “picture script” from the movie. Hein Heckroth was a Surrealist painter… read more
