The exhibition Radical Transformation: Magnum Photos into the Digital Age opens today and will be on view through January 5. Magnum Photos photographers have produced some of the most memorable images of the last century, shaping history and revolutionizing photography’s influence on modern culture. Founded in 1947, it was the… read more
Collection of Materials by Robert E. Howard, Creator of Conan the Barbarian, is Donated to Ransom Center
The Ransom Center has received a gift of materials related to writer Robert E. Howard (1906–1936), a prominent and prolific writer in the fantasy genre. Though Howard is perhaps best known for creating the character Conan the Barbarian, he wrote more than 100 stories for pulp magazines of his day,… read more
Ransom Center acquires papers of writer Barbara Probst Solomon
The Ransom Center has acquired the archive of Barbara Probst Solomon, a prolific writer and chronicler of twentieth- and twenty-first-century culture. The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, published books, first drafts, interviews, documentaries, and photographs. Solomon’s career as a writer began shortly after her graduation from Dalton High School in New… read more