The First Photograph will be loaned, along with 119 other images and photography-related items from the Harry Ransom Center’s Gernsheim collection, to the Reiss Englehorn Museum in Mannheim, Germany, for the exhibition “The Birth of Photography-Highlights of the Helmut Gernsheim Collection.” The exhibition runs from September 9 through January 6,… read more
In Memoriam: Barry Unsworth (1930–2012)
British author Barry Unworth, whose archive resides at the Ransom Center, died earlier this week at the age of 81. Unsworth, who is known for such acclaimed novels as Sacred Hunger (1992), Pascali’s Island (1980), and The Ruby in Her Navel (2006), handwrites all of his novels, and the archive… read more
T. C. Boyle’s recommended books featured in web exhibition
The American Writers Museum Foundation has launched the online exhibition Power of the Word: Leaders, Readers and Writers, which invites visitors to join in a discussion of how literary works influence lives. This online exhibition of the American Writers Museum includes writer T. C. Boyle, whose archive was recently acquired by… read more