November 8, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFellows Find: Audrey Wood collection reveals relationships between the literary agent and the playwrights she represented Milly S. Barranger, Dean at the College of Fellows of the American Theatre and Distinguished Professor Emerita at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, visited the Ransom Center in July on a fellowship funded by the Fleur Cowles Endowment to study the Audrey Wood papers for her upcoming… read more
November 3, 2011, Filed Under: PhotographyRansom Center acquires collection of contemporary tintypes The Ransom Center recently acquired ten tintype images from photographer Robb Kendrick. Tintype printing is a historical photo technique that was used primarily during the nineteenth century. The tintypes acquired are each handmade and one-of-a-kind. The acquired tintypes vary in subject matter from portraits to landscapes to cacti. Several of… read more
November 1, 2011, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: An illustrated envelope from Frank Shay’s Bookshop Frank Shay’s shop at 4 Christopher Street in Greenwich Village was a bookstore, a community gathering place, a circulating library, and a tiny publishing house all at once. Shay published a newspaper, a magazine, and more than a dozen books from the shop during his time there: small, handcrafted editions… read more
