January 22, 2010, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsRansom Center receives gift of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis letters The Ransom Center has acquired a collection of letters written by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to Ray Roberts, who was her colleague at Doubleday & Co. The letters date from 1978 to 1992 and are from the Roberts’ collection. Kennedy began her publishing career at Viking in 1975 and became an… read more
January 14, 2010, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching"Publishing isn’t just about contacts; it’s equally a matter of human relationships" This month marks the 50th anniversary of the death of the French novelist and philosopher Albert Camus in a tragic car accident. Yet, as the online review The Daily Beast observes, he remains “the most widely read of all the postwar French writers and [is] hip enough to inspire a… read more
January 13, 2010, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingCollection of Italian opera libretti now accessible through database A major collection of Italian opera libretti is now accessible through an online database. The collection of 3,421 items was donated in 1969 by New York rare book dealer Hans P. Kraus. The collection consists primarily of texts of Italian operas but also includes Italian cantatas, serenatas, oratorios, dialogues and… read more
