Since the Harry Ransom Center acquired the archive of Colombian Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, Ransom Center staff have been collaborating to process, digitize, and perform conservation treatments for the materials in the collection.
Conservation
Before and After: Georgio Bonelli’s Hortus Romanus, published in 1774
The conservation department of the Ransom Center is responsible for the care and preservation of the Center’s collections. This feature highlights repair and conservation work on collection items.
Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa to lead preservation and conservation efforts
The Ransom Center announces the appointment of Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa as Associate Director and Head of the Preservation and Conservation Division. Cunningham-Kruppa, who begins her service on October 1, will oversee the preservation, care and protection of the Ransom Center’s collections and will provide strategic direction for future preservation and conservation… read more