April 28, 2020, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Featured1Gutenberg’s Blanks Even with a print run of fewer than 200 copies, the Gutenberg Bible was a major undertaking. A complete copy, like the Ransom Center’s, includes 1,277 large pages that have text printed on them. Each full page required that approximately 2,500 individual pieces of metal type be set by hand,… read more
April 27, 2020, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Featured1Flash Fiction Collection established at the Ransom Center More than 250 books and journals were recently donated to establish a Flash Fiction Collection at the Harry Ransom Center. The collection includes anthologies, journals, chapbooks, single-author collections, and books about the writing of flash fiction.
April 7, 2020, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1For the Walls of America: Prints from Associated American Artists In 1934, publicist Reeves Lewenthal called together a group of 23 American artists to discuss his innovative plan for distributing art to the American public.
