September 8, 2016, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Theatre + Performing ArtsNew digital collection of The Black Crook musical released The Harry Ransom Center is proud to announce that our collection of materials relating to the 1866 megamusical The Black Crook has been fully digitized in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the production. The collection is now publicly available through our online Digital Collections gallery.
August 23, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Digital CollectionsThe magically real digital archive of Gabriel García Márquez In December 2015, the Council on Library and Information Resources granted the Harry Ransom Center a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives award to scan more than 24,000 pages from the Gabriel García Márquez archive.
March 4, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Conservation, Digital CollectionsThinking outside the (tux) box: A novel solution to preserving the quirky diaries of the Guy Davenport collection Last year, Ransom Center archivist Richard Workman brought to my attention some journals that he was cataloging as part of the Guy Davenport Papers. Guy Davenport (1927–2005) was an American author, literary critic, and artist. Throughout his adulthood, he regularly kept journals of his day-to-day life and activities (including his… read more