March 28, 2012, Filed Under: Cataloging, Theatre + Performing ArtsStories from the Sueltas: Cataloger sheds light on gems in the Spanish comedias sueltas collection Cataloging of the approximately 14,000 titles in the Texas collection of comedias sueltas at the Harry Ransom Center is well underway, funded by a grant received from the Council on Library and Information Resources, Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program. Appropriately named, this program seeks to support “libraries, archives,… read more
February 28, 2012, Filed Under: Cataloging, Research + TeachingNewly cataloged collection of science materials now open for research A collection of science materials from the family of Sir John F. W. Herschel (1792–1871) is now open for research after a grant enabled staffers to rehouse the collection and to create an online inventory. The Herschel family papers, acquired in 1960 with subsequent smaller accessions of additional materials, largely… read more
January 20, 2011, Filed Under: Cataloging, ConservationRansom Center receives $10,000 grant to catalog collection of science materials The Ransom Center has received a $10,000 grant from the Friends of the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics to rehouse and rearrange its holdings of the Herschel family papers and to create an online finding aid. The Herschel family papers, acquired in 1960 with… read more
