December 5, 2022, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, PhotographyPhotographer Laura Wilson delves into the lives of writers with stunning portraits Off the Page by LAURA WILSON In late fall of 2008, I met John Updike and liked him—And thought then I’d like to do a portrait of him. But I dithered, and he died the following January before I had the chance. Earlier, I had seen some photographs taken by… read more
December 5, 2022, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Featured1A childhood gift inspires a lifelong passion for India and map-collecting Charting a Path Sixty maps and other prints of South Asia and the surrounding region have recently arrived at the Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin in honor of former professor Susan G. Hadden. Generously donated by her husband, James Hadden, Jr., the newly acquired Susan G.… read more
November 1, 2022, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Featured1Center Wins Archival Excellence Award The Ransom Center’s Radclyffe Hall and Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge Papers Project won the 2022 Archival Award for Excellence from the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) “for outstanding contributions to archives and historical records in the State of Texas.” Through the project, thousands of records were digitized and published online for… read more
