May 13, 2024, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFellowships Awarded to 54 Scholars The Ransom Center has awarded 54 fellowships for the upcoming year to postdoctoral, dissertation and independent researchers studying a wide array of topics, from a women’s history of modernism told through clothing to the imprisoned writer in the international imagination and more. Since 1990, the Ransom Center Fellowship Program has… read more
May 9, 2024, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Conservation, PhotographyElegance and Ambition: Hill & Adamson’s Book of 100 Calotypes by JESSICA S. MCDONALD A superior volume of early photographs by the celebrated Scottish partnership of Hill & Adamson (active 1843–1847) is the subject of an unprecedented exhibition this spring. Formally titled 100 Calotypes by D. O. Hill, R.S.A., and R. Adamson, the volume is better known as the Clarkson… read more
March 4, 2024, Filed Under: Art, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsPreparing Color Illustrations for Elizabeth Olds’s Deep Treasure (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958) by TRACY BONFITTO, CURATOR OF ART The exhibition Public Works: Art by Elizabeth Olds features original illustrations and preparation art that were used in the creation of Olds’s children’s books. These important process materials are on loan from the Kerlan Collection of Children’s Literature at the University of Minnesota.
February 8, 2024, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Meet the StaffWelcome Erica Nunn-Kinias, New Associate Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs After an extensive search, the Harry Ransom Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Erica Nunn-Kinias (second from left in photo) as the Center’s Associate Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs. Nunn-Kinias comes to the Center from Colorado, where she was Program Director for the Gallery and Museum Management Masters at… read more
January 30, 2024, Filed Under: Art, Digital Collections, FilmMovie Posters of the 1960s: Adaptation, Innovation, and Artistic Expression by ASH KINNEY D’HARCOURT In the rapidly changing cultural landscape of the 1960s, the film industry explored new strategies to capture audience attention. The restrictive production code began to weaken, allowing for the emergence of the more experimental and avant-garde approaches to filmmaking that gained prominence during this decade. In… read more
January 22, 2024, Filed Under: Art, Digital Collections, FilmThrillers to Teenagers: The Shifting Landscape of 1950s Film Posters by ASH KINNEY D’HARCOURT The 1950s ushered in a new era of socio-cultural transformation in the United States in which many families were drawn out of cities and into newly developed suburban communities. This shift was accompanied by an increased emphasis on the nuclear family and the reinforcement of rigid… read more
