December 19, 2017, Filed Under: Art, Featured1George Macy’s illustrated editions of Charles Dickens’s Christmas classic Between July 1937 and March 1938, Nonesuch Press—under the direction of George Macy—set out to publish what it billed as the most extensive collection yet made of Charles Dickens’s writings. It had already been an energetic few years. Macy founded the subscription-based Limited Editions Club in 1929, and the Heritage… read more
November 9, 2017, Filed Under: ArtExploring Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” in the Ransom Center’s collection On January 6, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered a powerful State of the Union address. In it the president explained his decision to supply arms and materials to the Allied war effort. Occurring 11 months prior to U.S. entry into World War II, Roosevelt’s speech described the support as a… read more
