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
November 8, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Cataloging, Digital Collections, Research + TeachingDigitized access to Frank Reaugh art collection allows viewers to peer beneath the frames A new digitization project provides unprecedented access to the entire Frank Reaugh art collection at the Ransom Center. A one-year, grant-funded project to digitize, catalog, and process the collection is complete, and the collection is accessible via the Center’s new digital collections website. The online resource includes images of the… read more
November 5, 2013, Filed Under: Cataloging, Theatre + Performing ArtsZarzuelas: The music of the sueltas As cataloging of the Texas collection of comedias sueltas continues at the Harry Ransom Center, new features about these plays continue to be identified. The sueltas collection comprises nearly 14,000 titles published from the second half of the seventeenth century through the early twentieth century. More than half of the… read more
