December 10, 2024, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingMilton in Phoenix by AARON T. PRATT Any Shakespeare collector would want a copy of Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicles, which is arguably the most comprehensive history of England, Ireland, and Scotland written during the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries. Carl H. Pforzheimer bought a copy of the first edition (1577) for his library of early… read more
May 13, 2024, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFellowships Awarded to 54 Scholars The Ransom Center has awarded 54 fellowships for the upcoming year to postdoctoral, dissertation and independent researchers studying a wide array of topics, from a women’s history of modernism told through clothing to the imprisoned writer in the international imagination and more. Since 1990, the Ransom Center Fellowship Program has… read more
December 20, 2023, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingThe Papers of Film Producer Denis O’Brien Join the Ransom Center’s Collections The Ransom Center is delighted to be the home of the papers of film producer Denis O’Brien, which were recently donated to the Center. Denis O’Brien (1941–2021) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Northwestern University and the Washington University School of Law. After working for the Coudert Frères/Coudert… read more
