April 28, 2022, Filed Under: Authors, Digital Collections, Featured1, Meet the Staff, Research + TeachingMaking the Banned Accessible: Digitizing the Hall-Troubridge Archive by VEGA SHAH The Ransom Center is home to the collection and papers of British author Radclyffe Hall (1880-1943) and her partner, Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (1887-1963), a sculptor and translator. The couple, being openly lesbian partners, are remembered as LGBTQ pioneers, with Hall’s novel, The Well of Loneliness (1928),… read more
October 13, 2021, Filed Under: Featured1, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsChoreographer Deborah Hay’s archive goes to the Harry Ransom Center Award-winning choreographer Deborah Hay has established her archive at the Harry Ransom Center, a major destination for the study of dance and performance at The University of Texas at Austin. A founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, Hay is recognized as a pivotal figure in the development of post-modern… read more
April 23, 2021, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1, Research + TeachingThe slow research of collection development This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? Shortly before the end of 2020, the papers of National Book Award–winning author Lily Tuck arrived at the Harry Ransom Center. It is always exciting when a new archive enters our building, but this arrival from New York… read more
