September 11, 2012, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsO. Henry turns 150 today To celebrate the 150th birthday anniversary of American writer William Sidney Porter—better known by his pen name of O. Henry—Cultural Compass has compiled a gallery of images from the O. Henry manuscript collection. The Ransom Center holds two boxes of materials that include letters and manuscripts. Please click the… read more
September 7, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsIain Sinclair’s "Ghost Milk" includes visit to Austin Ghost Milk: Recent Adventures Among the Future Ruins of London on the Eve of the Olympics (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012), the latest work by British writer-filmmaker Iain Sinclair, explores the changes in East London as the city prepared for the 2012 Olympics and concludes with his visit to the… read more
August 15, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingKraus map collection now accessible The Ransom Center recently launched an online database for its Kraus map collection. The 36-map collection, acquired in 1969 by Harry Ransom from the New York antiquarian dealer Hans P. Kraus, features a wide range of individual maps of Europe and America, atlases, a rare set of large terrestrial and… read more
