March 20, 2019, Filed Under: Conservation, FilmPreserving a Texas villain: Leatherface Explore the Harry Ransom Center, search digital collections, or plan your visit. I have yet to encounter someone who doesn’t know of the 1974 horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. While you may not have seen it, you’ve almost assuredly heard of it. The film follows five teenagers on their… read more
March 5, 2019, Filed Under: Featured1, Research + TeachingThe word on the streets During the modernist era, writers experimented with the language of the street in their works. Brooks Hefner’s The Word on the Streets explores how multiple writers of different genres used street slang to emphasize classism through dialect. At the Ransom Center, Hefner consulted the archives of influential detective fiction writers… read more
February 28, 2019, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1What can a woman do? Women in the Arts and Crafts movement Wendy Kaplan, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, lectures on women in the Arts and Crafts movement. The event, What can a woman do? Women in the Arts and Crafts Movement, takes place Wednesday, March 27, at 7 p.m.
February 27, 2019, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Featured1Poetry and War: A Reading and Conversation Commemorate World Poetry Day with a reading and conversation between two award-winning contemporary poets whose lives and writings have been impacted by war.
February 27, 2019, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsStories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center Through August 18, the exhibition Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center features materials that provide insight into the creative process while also establishing meaningful, personal connections between the past and the present.
February 27, 2019, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Featured1Coming full circle at Explore UT On a sunny March afternoon nearly eight years ago, I strolled across The University of Texas at Austin, acquainting myself with campus, from the turtle pond to towering buildings. From one activity to the next, I felt excited to explore the university and its resources in the fun, interactive environment… read more
