October 19, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsA touch of illusion… and sprinkle of paprika The Harry Ransom Center partnered with Central Market to present “Dining with Harry Houdini,” a cooking class inspired by the life of the legendary performer and stage illusionist, on Sunday, October 16, 2016.
October 13, 2016, Filed Under: Film“You talkin’ to me?” Explore the Harry Ransom Center, search digital collections, or plan your visit. Forty years ago, Taxi Driver was released to critical and popular acclaim and its most famous line, “You talkin’ to me?” instantly became one of the most memorable lines in film history.
October 13, 2016, Filed Under: Digital CollectionsA young Lewis Carroll, “musing on milk” and “reasoning on rubbish” Through its digital collections portal, the Harry Ransom Center has made available a remarkable example of juvenilia from its Charles Lutwidge Dodgson collection.
October 12, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsMember profile: Adrian Rocha Marketing and External Affairs Volunteer Gabrielle Black caught up with one of our members, Adrian Rocha. Learn about Adrian’s experiences with the Ransom Center and what he enjoys to do in Austin.
October 11, 2016, Filed Under: Cataloging, Digital Collections, PhotographyNow online: Newly digitized E. O. Goldbeck collection A new digitization project provides access to 996 photographs from the E. O. (Eugene Omar) Goldbeck papers and photography collection, the largest photography collection in the Harry Ransom Center’s Texana holdings.
September 28, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Research + TeachingQ&A with John Pipkin: Stellar finds from facts and family fragments of sibling astronomers The Blind Astronomer’s Daughter (Bloomsbury), a new novel by former Ransom Center fellow John Pipkin, offers readers a view into a world of scientific inquiry and political upheaval in late-eighteenth-century Ireland.
