April 27, 2017, Filed Under: Conservation, Digital CollectionsDeadline: 2028—Countdown to preserve audio materials We left off in part one wondering how to evaluate the Ransom Center’s unique non-commercial sound recordings, particularly when we aren’t able to access their audio content prior to preservation. Verifying written descriptions helps, but there are other considerations to keep in mind, such as a recording’s physical format—different types… read more
April 27, 2017, Filed Under: Conservation, Digital CollectionsDeadline: 2028—Time is not on our side High stakes for cultural heritage In just 11 years, the Harry Ransom Center could reach the point of no return!
April 27, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingA newly identified work by writer and poet Fenton Johnson In the midst of research for The Greenwich Village Bookshop Door exhibition, my former colleague Molly Schwartzburg alerted me to an unpublished manuscript she had located in the collection of writer and editor Christopher Morley (known today for his novel Parnassus on Wheels and his work on the editorial board… read more
April 25, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Theatre + Performing ArtsBiographer B. Alexandra Szerlip on Norman Bel Geddes’s life and legacy Norman Bel Geddes was one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. An industrial designer, known best for his contribution to the Futurama exhibition at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, Bel Geddes experimented with
April 21, 2017, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: Rare opportunity to see Henri Matisse’s Jazz on display Featured in the Stories to Tell exhibition is a rare exclusive look at Henri Matisse’s art book, Jazz (1947).
April 21, 2017, Filed Under: Film, Theatre + Performing ArtsArchive acquired of theatre and film actor Peter O’Toole The Ransom Center has obtained the archive of British-Irish theatre and film actor Peter O’Toole (1932–2013).
