February 21, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsTeacher workshops demonstrate value of primary source materials in Ransom Center’s collections to enhance learning In elementary school, my class took a field trip to the main branch of the Houston Public Library. We learned how to use the microfilm machines, and I was allowed to look up the front page of the newspaper from the day I was born. I still remember the “Ransom… read more
January 17, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsFrom Longhorn to the "Mayor of Greenwich Village" Before Lew Ney became the Mayor of Greenwich Village (and a signer of the door featured in the current exhibition The Greenwich Village Bookshop Door: A Portal to Bohemia, 1920–1925), he was a Longhorn. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, as Luther E. Widen, Lew Ney graduated from Austin High… read more
January 9, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsHarry Ransom Center will host the David Foster Wallace Symposium in April The Harry Ransom Center will host the David Foster Wallace Symposium on April 5 and 6 at the Ransom Center. The symposium includes a public program on Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in Jessen Auditorium. Symposium registration is limited and opens January 23 at 11 a.m. CST. Participants must… read more
