June 13, 2017, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsVisit the Ransom Center without letting traffic stress you out! Visit the Ransom Center car-free This Thursday, June 15, marks the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) twelfth annual National Dump the Pump Day, which encourages people to opt for public transportation rather than a personal car.
June 13, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingThe silent novel in Radclyffe Hall’s ground-breaking The Well of Loneliness The English writer Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943) is best known for her lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness (1928). Pronounced obscene after a sensational and scandalous court case, it was banned
May 23, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Digital Collections, Research + Teaching“Una historia de Cien años de soledad a través de sus documentos” “El problema es mío”, confesó García Márquez a un amigo por carta en julio de 1966, “que después de tantos años de trabajar como un animal, me siento agobiado de cansancio, sin perspectivas ciertas, salvo en el único terreno que me gusta y no me da de comer: la novela”.
May 23, 2017, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Meet the StaffHarry Ransom Center appoints curator of early books and manuscripts The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin announces its appointment of Aaron T. Pratt as Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts. Pratt, who begins May 30, will provide curatorial support for the Ransom Center’s early book and manuscript holdings and participate in… read more
May 23, 2017, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Meet the Staff“My mind was blown, and so it began.” New curator of early books and manuscripts is former network and systems engineer Aaron T. Pratt has joined the Ransom Center as our new Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts.
May 22, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Digital Collections, Research + TeachingA history of One Hundred Years of Solitude in documents For the Harry Ransom Center’s Digital Collection on the fiftieth anniversary of One Hundred Years of Solitude
