About Ellen Cunningham-Krupp

Cunningham-Kruppa is the Ransom Center’s Associate Director for Preservation and Conservation. She has been a practitioner, educator, and consultant in the field of cultural record preservation for over 30 years. In 2016 Ellen was awarded the American Library Association’s Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Award in Preservation. She holds a Ph.D. in American Studies and an MLIS from UT Austin, and is an affiliated assistant professor with the University of Delaware/Winterthur Program in Art Conservation. She received an Endorsement of Specialization in Administration of Preservation Programs from Columbia University’s School of Library Service. In 2019 The Legacy Press published her book Mooring a Field: Paul N. Banks and the Education of Library and Archives Conservators.

April 5, 2018, Filed Under: Conservation

NEH helps to break the sound barrier

Rare sound recordings to be preserved and made accessible with grant For the first time, sound recordings documenting the work and lives of notable cultural figures such as Julia Alvarez, Truman Capote, William Faulkner, Norman Bel Geddes, Norman Mailer, Anne Sexton, and Gloria Swanson will be publicly available for research.

April 3, 2018, Filed Under: Conservation, Theatre + Performing Arts

Theatre critic Mel Gussow’s legendary interviews available online

by Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa and Eric Colleary British and American theatre history preserved in candid recordings Mel Gussow was the lead cultural critic for the New York Times for more than 40 years. Throughout his career, he recorded interviews with stars and unknowns of the American and British theatre.

February 5, 2017, Filed Under: Art, Conservation

Conservation treatment gives new life to St. Jerome in His Study

In addition to two portraits by the artist Mary Beale, the Ransom Center’s old master painting St. Jerome in His Study will be exhibited in the newly renovated galleries of the University’s Blanton Museum of Art from February 2017 to February 2019.