September 8, 2009, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsNew exhibitions open today Two new exhibitions, From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe and Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works, open today at the Ransom Center. In conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, the exhibition Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works, drawn exclusively from the Center’s collections,… read more
October 1, 2007, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyItems from Dress Up: Portrait and Performance in Victorian Photography Julia Margaret Cameron (English, 1815-1879) The Rising of the New Year, 1872 Albumen print Julia Margaret Cameron did not take up photography until she was 48 and the last of her children had left for college. Over the next 14 years she made over 1,200 images. She promoted her photography… read more
October 1, 2007, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsItems From Rehearsing the American Dream: Arthur Miller’s Theater In Arthur Miller’s play All My Sons, business partners Joe Keller and Steve Deever manufactured faulty military airplane engines during World War II, causing the death of 21 pilots. Both men were tried, but Keller was acquitted. By the start of the play he has returned to the community and… read more
