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About Erin Willard

Willard was an undergraduate intern with public affairs for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Q&A with Celia Shaheen, undergraduate intern in Description and Access

May 19, 2018 - Erin Willard

Celia works in the Description and Access department at the Harry Ransom Center. She has previously contributed to the digitization of the Gabriel García Márquez archive as technician and assistant for a year. [Read more…] about Q&A with Celia Shaheen, undergraduate intern in Description and Access

Filed Under: Featured1, Research + Teaching Tagged With: Celia Shaheen, internship, Undergraduate

Interview with Nick Purgett, intern in the description and access department

May 18, 2018 - Erin Willard

Nick Purgett is a senior art history major, graduating in May. He is working at the Harry Ransom Center as an intern in Description and Access, printed and published media. In the future, he wants to continue art history at the graduate level and beyond, though he plans on taking a year or two before starting an even larger profusion of school. [Read more…] about Interview with Nick Purgett, intern in the description and access department

Filed Under: Meet the Staff Tagged With: internship, Nick Purgett, Undergraduate

Meet Leigh Hilford, undergraduate intern in public affairs

May 15, 2018 - Erin Willard

Leigh Hilford is a Junior at the University of Texas at Austin. She is double majoring in Plan II and English. She works in the Public Affairs department of the Harry Ransom Center. She plans on writing her Plan II senior thesis on Virginia Woolf’s works Jacob’s Room and To the Lighthouse. [Read more…] about Meet Leigh Hilford, undergraduate intern in public affairs

Filed Under: Meet the Staff Tagged With: internship, Plan II Honors, Undergraduate

“Brilliant insights into our common human nature”

March 28, 2018 - Erin Willard

Prolific writer, theologian, and counsel to world leaders as relevant as ever 50 years after his death

Martin Doblmeier is an award-winning director and founder of Journey Films, a production company that specializes in TV and films focusing on religion, faith and spirituality. Doblmeier has worked on films that profile religious leaders, spiritual communities, heads of state, and Nobel Laureates. [Read more…] about “Brilliant insights into our common human nature”

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: documentary, Martin Doblmeier, Reinhold Neiburh, theologian

Decades of movie poster history go online

January 18, 2018 - Erin Willard

It is difficult to envision the sheer volume of the Movie Poster Collection at the Harry Ransom Center. The collection encompasses upwards of 10,000 posters and spans decades: from when the film industry was just beginning to compete with vaudeville acts in the 1920s to the rise of the modern megaplex and drive-in theaters in the 1970s. The sizes range from that of a small window card to that of a billboard. [Read more…] about Decades of movie poster history go online

Filed Under: Film, Research + Teaching Tagged With: digital collections, digitization, IIIF, Interstate Theatre Circuit Collection, Lauren Walker, movie posters

The Advancement of a Development Director

November 15, 2017 - Erin Willard

Maggie Gilburg is the Harry Ransom Center’s new director of development. She comes from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, where she held a similar position. Gilburg received her bachelor’s in English from Carleton College and an MBA and master’s in Arts Administration from Southern Methodist University. Since that time she has worked both in higher education and with non-profit organizations, including building the fundraising program from the ground up at The Texas Tribune. [Read more…] about The Advancement of a Development Director

Filed Under: Meet the Staff Tagged With: director of development, fundraising, giving, Maggie Gilburg, Meet the Staff

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