November 16, 2022, Filed Under: Research + TeachingA Greek fragment is the first-known New Testament papyrus written on the front side of a scroll by GEOFFREY S. SMITH A Fragment Makes History A few months ago, I received a much-anticipated email that read, “The courier is scheduled to deliver the Willoughby Papyrus to the Ransom Center tomorrow.” The next morning, I anxiously watched as members of the Center’s conservation staff carefully removed from the… read more
November 1, 2022, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Featured1Center Wins Archival Excellence Award The Ransom Center’s Radclyffe Hall and Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge Papers Project won the 2022 Archival Award for Excellence from the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) “for outstanding contributions to archives and historical records in the State of Texas.” Through the project, thousands of records were digitized and published online for… read more
August 16, 2022, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1, Theatre + Performing ArtsMy Friend Bill Yellow Robe by JACE WEAVER The Harry Ransom Center is proud to hold the papers of playwright and poet William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. A member of the Assiniboine Tribe, Yellow Robe was a lecturer at the University of Maine and the award-winning author of Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers, Wood Bones,… read more
July 28, 2022, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1Women and the Making of Ulysses: A History in Ten Objects by CLARE HUTTON This article is devoted to objects that tell the story of women who supported James Joyce and the publication of his landmark novel, Ulysses (1922). They were previously on display in our exhibit, Women and the Making of Ulysses, curated by Dr Clare Hutton, author of Serial… read more
July 25, 2022, Filed Under: Featured1, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsInterpreting “Fringe” in the Mel Gordon Papers Mel Gordon’s Notes on Expressionism with 1917 clipping, Mel Gordon Collection, Box 12, Harry Ransom Center. by MACAELLA GRAY In 2018, The New York Times lauded historian, curator, and writer Mel Gordon as a “drama scholar of the fringe.” At first glance, the so-called “fringe” certainly seems to find a… read more
