August 20, 2015, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsThrowback Thursday — 1948’s All About H. Hatterr The Harry Ransom Center recently acquired the papers of the late G. V. Desani, longtime professor of philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin. Included is the original manuscript of his most important work, the eccentric novel
July 30, 2015, Filed Under: Authors, Research + TeachingThrowback Thursday—Contents of a country: Leicester Hemingway’s Republic of New Atlantis This month 51 years ago, the younger brother of Ernest Hemingway staked a claim to a small piece of land off the Jamaican coast, creating a new currency, flag and government for the fledgling nation of New Atlantis, many artifacts of which are now held at the Ransom Center. This post originally appeared in… read more
July 9, 2015, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellows Find: Authors find important insights in Graham Greene material Dr. Jon Wise, an independent researcher and writer, visited the Harry Ransom Center in October 2014 to research the Graham Greene collection with Mike Hill, a retired school teacher and current editor of A Sort of Newsletter, the quarterly journal of the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust. Wise and Hill previously
