September 8, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsBooker Prize–winning novelist Marlon James to speak The Ransom Center presents novelist Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings.
September 8, 2016, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Theatre + Performing ArtsNew digital collection of The Black Crook musical released The Harry Ransom Center is proud to announce that our collection of materials relating to the 1866 megamusical The Black Crook has been fully digitized in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the production. The collection is now publicly available through our online Digital Collections gallery.
September 2, 2016, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, ConservationTreatment of A Brief and General Account of the First Part of the Life of the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield Treatment of A Brief and General Account of the First Part of the Life of the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield (1740) by George Whitefield was recently completed
August 30, 2016, Filed Under: Research + TeachingRansom Center accepting applications for research fellowships in the humanities The Ransom Center invites applications for its 2017–2018 research fellowships.
August 23, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Digital CollectionsThe magically real digital archive of Gabriel García Márquez In December 2015, the Council on Library and Information Resources granted the Harry Ransom Center a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives award to scan more than 24,000 pages from the Gabriel García Márquez archive.
August 10, 2016, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFive UK scholars receive fellowships for research at the Ransom Center Five scholars from the United Kingdom will conduct research at the Ransom Center as part of the 2016-2017 International Placement Scheme (IPS) administered and funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
