This past summer, the Harry Ransom Center underwent a sustainable landscape makeover, replacing two plots of Asian jasmine, holly, and nandina bushes in front of the building with handsome rock gardens filled with plants especially suited for the Austin climate. The project is part of campus-wide efforts to promote xeriscaping,… read more
Exhibitions + Events
In the Galleries: Norman Bel Geddes’s Costume Designs for "The Miracle"
Perhaps best known as the innovative designer of the Futurama exhibition in the General Motors pavilion at the 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair, Norman Bel Geddes was also a noted theater designer, fabricating costumes, sets, lighting, and theaters. After beginning his career in Los Angeles, Bel Geddes moved to New… read more
Display highlights basketball photos in "Basketball: Power in Play"
Basketball, which began as a game invented to occupy young, energetic boys within the confines of a gymnasium on rainy days, has come to be one of the most popular sports in American culture. Basketball: Power in Play, a display of sports photographs from the Harry Ransom Center’s New York… read more