“Ethical Challenges in Cultural Stewardship,” the 13th biennial Flair Symposium, takes place April 4-6, 2019, at the Ransom Center. [Read more…] about Addressing today’s ethical challenges in cultural stewardship
Archive examines creative process in photography
More than 35 years ago, prominent artists Robert Frank, Dave Heath, Robert Heinecken and John Wood agreed to participate in a project exploring creativity in photography. Led by art historians Susan E. Cohen and William S. Johnson, the three-year collaborative project examined the artists’ creative process . Until now, no comprehensive record of those efforts has been accessible.
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Tools of the trade
Conservators Olivia Primanis and Kimberly Kwan of the book and paper lab and Diana Diaz of the photography lab talk about the tools that make their work possible, from the esoteric and vintage to the commonplace and modern.
A family affair
by Kate O’Toole
It was through a friend in London, Professor Eva Griffith, that I first received unimpeachable bona fides for the Harry Ransom Center. Some years ago, Eva had received a fellowship from the Ransom Center to do research relating to the seventeenth-century playwright James Shirley. [Read more…] about A family affair
Holiday hours
The Ransom Center is closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but its galleries are otherwise open during the holidays. [Read more…] about Holiday hours
Researcher publications
Ernest Hemingway: A Biography
Mary V. Dearborn Knopf, 2017
A revelatory look into the life and work of Ernest Hemingway. Dearborn’s biography gives a rich and nuanced portrait of this complex, enigmatically unique American artist, whose same uncontrollable demons that inspired and drove him throughout his life undid him at the end. Dearborn was the recipient of a Harry Ransom Center research fellowship supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellowship Endowment. [Read more…] about Researcher publications
