May 30, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsMark Twain letter has close geographical tie to University of Texas When Samuel Clemens—better known by his pseudonym Mark Twain—penned a letter in London in 1900 to the widow of his childhood best friend in Austin, he had no idea that it would be preserved more than a century later in the Harry Ransom Center’s archives just four blocks south. Today… read more
May 28, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsFrom the Outside In: Doodle from Notebook II of Samuel Beckett’s "Watt," 1941 The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
May 13, 2013, Filed Under: Art, AuthorsFrom the Outside In: Emanuel Romano, "Portrait of Carson McCullers," ca. 1949 The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
