August 17, 2010, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsEdmund Blunden’s souvenir World War I map: St. Julien, Belgium, July 31, 1917 Within the Ransom Center’s extensive collection of papers of British author and poet Edmund Blunden (1896–1974) is a group of printed maps. These maps came into Blunden’s possession during his service as an officer in the Royal Sussex Regiment during World War I. Most of the maps are British Ordnance… read more
August 3, 2010, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsSee full digitized version of the Gutenberg Bible Among the Ransom Center’s greatest treasures is the Gutenberg Bible, one of only five complete copies in the United States and only 21 complete copies in the world. The Ransom Center digitized the entire copy of its Gutenberg Bible in 2002, resulting in 1,300 images that reveal the text, large… read more
July 7, 2010, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsTo Keep or Not to Keep: Denis Johnson and his papers As an avid reader of Denis Johnson’s work (I bought my first Playboy magazine to read Nobody Move in serial form), I was thrilled to have the opportunity to go through his papers. Seeing Johnson speak at the 2008 Flair Symposium, “Creating a Usable Past: Writers, Archives, & Institutions,” had… read more
