July 27, 2010, Filed Under: ArtArt and commerce in Nepal, ca. 1930 A recent project to reorganize some materials in the papers of British author Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972) brought to light specimens of traditional Nepalese handmade paper serving in a most prosaic capacity. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Mackenzie travelled widely and at one point was contacted while in the… read more
June 1, 2010, Filed Under: Art, Digital CollectionsEuropean popular imagery collection now accessible online Spanning the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries, the Ransom Center’s European popular imagery collection is now fully accessible online via two sources: the Center’s finding aid and ARTstor’s nonprofit digital library. The Ransom Center’s online finding aid includes descriptive text derived from collector’s notes and a lengthy subject index. Each… read more
March 18, 2010, Filed Under: Art, ConservationBefore and After: Repairing a poster A poster in the Ransom Center’s Harry Houdini collection arrived just like Houdini would’ve wanted: folded up to an eighth of its size. Stephanie Watkins, Head of Paper Conservation, and her team faced a daunting project: the brittle paper couldn’t easily be unfolded without causing damage to the item. Once… read more
