September 3, 2015, Filed Under: CatalogingPaul Gottschalk: the German bookseller who anticipated a contentious Nazi-era elections legacy The Ransom Center’s recently-processed archival collection titled “1932 German Elections Ephemera Collection” was assembled in the 1930s by the German-American book seller Paul Gottschalk. The sequence of events that the collection documents—that is, the rise of Adolf Hitler to
April 20, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Cataloging, Research + TeachingLetter in Sunwise Turn collection sheds light on forgotten artist/daredevil Among the papers of Mary Mowbray Clarke included in the Sunwise Turn archive is Ms. Mowbray Clarke’s personal correspondence. The major portion of these letters span the years 1905–1917, from about the time she married John Mowbray Clarke up to the opening of the Sunwise Turn bookshop in partnership with… read more
January 20, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, CatalogingA note from James Purdy cheers up “Wicked Witch of the West” actress Margaret Hamilton The papers of American author James Purdy (1914–2009) at the Ransom Center include a missive written to Purdy in the spring of 1971 by the actress Margaret Hamilton (1902–1985). Hamilton is, of course, best known for her role as the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film version… read more
