April 16, 2018, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, Theatre + Performing ArtsVaudeville Film Series runs throughout May During the month of May, the Ransom Center hosts the free Vaudeville Film Series in conjunction with its exhibition Vaudeville!, which is on display through July 15. For more than a century, vaudeville was the most popular form of American entertainment and one of the country’s largest cultural exports.
April 12, 2018, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Featured1, Research + TeachingThe Humours of Whist, a sophisticated play by David Levy After a fruitful visit to the Harry Ransom Center in January, I tweeted, “Who would have thought that I’d run into a Thomas J. Wise “sophistication” in my Hoyle research @ransomcenter?” Like so many tweets, this is a bit tough to parse. Let’s break it into pieces:… read more
March 2, 2018, Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1Explore UT and the Harry Ransom Center This Saturday, visitors to The University of Texas at Austin campus will notice a lot of activity as students, parents, and alumni flood the forty acres for Explore UT day.
