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April 8, 2010, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + Events

Living Peter Matthiessen

The Ransom Center screens Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries, the award-winning PBS documentary about the National Book Award–winning writer and environmental activist, on Monday evening at the Ransom Center. Matthiessen’s archive resides at the Ransom Center. The film will be introduced by Jeffrey Sewald, producer, writer, and director of the documentary.… read more 

March 23, 2010, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts

Materials from David Foster Wallace collection

Materials from the Wallace collection, which is currently being processed at the Ransom Center by archivist Stephen Cooper. Photo by Anthony Maddaloni.

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March 16, 2010, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts

Norman Mailer’s "real" Facebook

Norman Mailer's photo with handwritten comments in his copy of the 'Harvard Freshman Red Book Register.'

Facebook. No doubt you’ve heard of it. But did you know that the origin of Facebook really comes from the concept of a “freshman facebook”? Many universities publish and distribute a yearbook of sorts to its incoming freshman students that includes registrants’ photos and a few biographical details about them.… read more 

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