April 23, 2013, Filed Under: ConservationConservator preserves stitched manuscript for Elizabeth Barret Browning poem Paper Conservator Jane Boyd recently completed a treatment of the 1819 manuscript for Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem “The Battle of Marathon,” which was recently digitized. Browning’s method of revising involved sewing pieces of paper containing handwritten notes directly into the manuscript, which had to be removed and preserved during the… read more
February 21, 2013, Filed Under: Conservation, PhotographySenior Research Curator of Photography Discusses Photography in the Digital Age In “Technology: No Place For Wimps,” Ransom Center Senior Research Curator of Photography Roy Flukinger joins Carol Henry, fine-art photographer, and James M. Reilly, founder and director of the Image Performance Institute at the Rochester Institute of Technology, in a discussion about photography in the digital age. The discussion, which… read more
January 4, 2013, Filed Under: ConservationRansom Center seeks input on draft report about acquisition of born-digital materials In 2011, Ransom Center Digital Archivist Gabriela Redwine, with Assistant Director Megan Barnard, invited an international team of colleagues to engage in a series of conversations about how born-digital materials are acquired and transferred to archival repositories. Ten archivists and curators from the Beinecke Library at Yale University; the Bodleian… read more
