October 26, 2010, Filed Under: Research + TeachingYour field guide to the Ransom Center A completely revised Guide to the Collections has appeared on the Center’s website, superseding one based largely on the published edition of 2003 (now out of print). The Guide does not replace standard cataloging but supplements it, emphasizing topical access across the collections. Changes in scholarship since the first edition… read more
July 1, 2010, Filed Under: UncategorizedNew book sheds some light on "The House of Knopf" We have read thousands of letters to and from Knopf authors, editorial reports, publicity materials, and sales accounts. Despite having lived in their “house,” read their personal letters, and viewed Alfred’s photographs, I don’t feel that I understand either of the Knopfs particularly well. Both were temperamental and rife with… read more
April 13, 2010, Filed Under: Research + TeachingA Small Gem of Negativity: The Decline Postcard Timothy Ferris has recently blogged about Edmund Wilson’s “decline letter,” a form postcard listing all of the things the crotchety literary critic refused to do: read manuscripts, advise authors, address meetings, donate and inscribe books—the list goes on and on. The same postcard may be found in the Ransom Center’s… read more
