November 22, 2013, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsNotes in Norman Mailer archive shed light on Lee Harvey Oswald The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas shook America’s understanding of trust, security, and rational behavior. In the five decades following, a multitude of historians and writers have been moved to study the event, many with particular interest in the assassin himself, Lee… read more
November 19, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsTwo Ransom Center archives illuminate Doris Lessing’s life, work, and relationships Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing died on Sunday at the age of 94. She was born in what is now Iran, grew up on a farm in Zimbabwe, lived briefly in a boarding house in South Africa, and settled as an adult in London. She was deeply influenced by the racial… read more
November 8, 2013, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Cataloging, Digital Collections, Research + TeachingNew inventory of manuscript collection reveals unprecedented level of detail for scholars of British history The Ransom Center recently published a new finding aid for one of its richest collections of early manuscripts: the Carl H. Pforzheimer collection of English manuscripts. The bulk of the manuscripts were acquired in 1986, along with 1,100 other rare early printed editions of English literature that form the Pforzheimer… read more
