Costumes and personal effects at the Ransom Center have the potential to create a unique portrait of an author or artist, and can aid in understanding the anatomy and mechanics of an actor’s performance. Graduate intern Jenn Shapland reflects on her experience of cataloging and examining objects in the Carson… read more
About Jenn Shaplan
Shapland's projects included cataloging parts of the David Foster Wallace papers and several personal effects collections. She earned her Ph.D. in English at The University of Texas at Austin and served as the nonfiction editor of Covered with Fur, a digital monthly from Austin small press A Strange Object.