January 17, 2017, Filed Under: Meet the Staff, Research + TeachingMeet the Staff: Andi Gustavson facilitates teaching with the collections Meet the Staff is a Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. An alumnus of The University of Texas’s American Studies doctoral program, Andi Gustavson first came to the Harry Ransom Center as a graduate intern.
January 12, 2017, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingHow Mad Men‘s head of research mined the past for the show’s famous historical accuracy Kathryn Allison Mann was the head of research for the television series Mad Men. She mined period books, magazines, and newspapers—as well as her extensive network of New Yorkers—to ensure the historical accuracy the show is famous for. Much of Mann’s notes and original material is included in the show’s… read more
December 20, 2016, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsFrom Mainz to Austin: Carl H. Pforzheimer’s Gutenberg Bible and its earlier owners Eric White, Curator of Rare Books at Princeton University, discusses the Ransom Center’s Gutenberg Bible on Thursday, February 9, at 7 p.m. for the Center’s annual Pforzheimer lecture.
