June 18, 2020, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Featured1, Theatre + Performing ArtsStella Adler on the Craft of Acting The Ransom Center has released 11 film clips from the Stella Adler and Harold Clurman Papers on our digital collections portal. These clips offer a glimpse into over 1,000 audio and video recordings of the legendary acting teacher, created between 1958 and 1990, that are preserved in her archive at… read more
January 23, 2020, Filed Under: Art, Digital Collections, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, Theatre + Performing ArtsThe Golden Age of Magic Posters The turn of the twentieth century was a period of innovation, when advances in printing and color lithography coincided with a new golden age in the performance of magic and illusion. This convergence resulted in the most stunning, color-saturated advertisements in the history of magic.
January 14, 2020, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Conservation, Digital Collections, Featured1Seeing stars in the Blaeu World Map A fascinating project to preserve and display the iconic 1648 Dutch world map is now underway. In previous blog posts, we revealed the history of the Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula (Blaeu World Map) and the family of cartographers, globe makers, printers, and publishers who created it. We also have… read more
