January 10, 2020, Filed Under: Conservation, Digital Collections, Featured1How a famed astronomer paved the way for the Blaeu World Map Explore the Harry Ransom Center, search digital collections, or plan your visit. A Q & A with Dr. Bruce Hunt about the Blaeu World Map In recent blog posts, we examined the science behind the Blaeu World Map and took a deep dive into the conservation in progress to prepare… read more
November 1, 2019, Filed Under: Authors, Cataloging, Digital Collections, Research + TeachingNew digital resources launch online for study of human rights Thousands of digitized records reflecting major historical events of the 20th century related to PEN International, a global writers’ organization, are available online beginning this month.
May 31, 2019, Filed Under: Authors, Digital Collections200 years later, Walt Whitman’s legacy continues to grow Walt Whitman was born on this day in 1819, and amid a panoply of planned festivities, his bicentennial has renewed popular interest in Whitman’s legacy. What has Whitman left us in our twenty-first century? Whatever he has bequeathed to us culturally, what’s certain is that 200 years after his birth,… read more
