April 13, 2010, Filed Under: Conservation$1 million gift supports conservation and preservation programs The Ransom Center has received a $1 million gift from the Booth Heritage Foundation to support and enrich its conservation and preservation programs. The gift to Campaign for Texas, the university’s capital campaign, will support a five-year initiative to enhance the Ransom Center’s conservation and preservation programs for physical materials… read more
April 13, 2010, Filed Under: Research + TeachingA Small Gem of Negativity: The Decline Postcard Timothy Ferris has recently blogged about Edmund Wilson’s “decline letter,” a form postcard listing all of the things the crotchety literary critic refused to do: read manuscripts, advise authors, address meetings, donate and inscribe books—the list goes on and on. The same postcard may be found in the Ransom Center’s… read more
April 8, 2010, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + EventsLiving Peter Matthiessen The Ransom Center screens Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries, the award-winning PBS documentary about the National Book Award–winning writer and environmental activist, on Monday evening at the Ransom Center. Matthiessen’s archive resides at the Ransom Center. The film will be introduced by Jeffrey Sewald, producer, writer, and director of the documentary.… read more
April 6, 2010, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsAnthony Bertram Rota’s legacy at the Ransom Center The Ransom Center notes with great sorrow the death of Anthony Bertram Rota on December 13, 2009. As managing director and chairman of Bertram Rota Ltd, the London-based antiquarian bookseller was greatly influential in shaping the Center’s renowned holdings of the papers of numerous nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first–century British writers.… read more
March 31, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsView a video about "¡Viva! Mexico’s Independence" The year 2010 marks the 200th anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, pivotal events in Mexico’s struggle for self-governance. In honor of this bicentennial and centennial, the Ransom Center’s exhibition ¡Viva! Mexico’s Independence showcases items from the Center’s holdings that relate to… read more
March 25, 2010, Filed Under: FilmMaterials from Paul Schrader collection Learn more about screenwriter and director Paul Schrader donating his collection to the Ransom Center. Please click the thumbnails to view full-size images.
