January 26, 2016, Filed Under: AuthorsFleur Cowles’s pieces of flair Fleur Cowles rose from humble origins in New York to become a magazine editor and publisher as well as an avant garde member of high society. Within the Harry Ransom Center is a replica of Cowles’s London study.
January 21, 2016, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsRansom Center showcased in new book on campus-wide university collections UT Press has just released a book of campus-wide holdings celebrating the University of Texas at Austin’s vast collections. The Collections: The University of Texas at Austin is the initiative of Andrée Bober, founder and director of the University’s public art program, Landmarks. The book shares more than 80 discrete… read more
January 20, 2016, Filed Under: PhotographyDavid Douglas Duncan at 100: A month of tributes to David Douglas Duncan in honor of his 100th birthday—Part 3 In the third installment of our tribute to David Douglas Duncan in the month of his 100th birthday, Mary Alice Harper, Head of Visual Materials Cataloging, writes about Duncan’s close relationship with Pablo Picasso.