June 16, 2015, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellows Find: The Christine Brooke-Rose archive Stephanie Jones is a Ph.D. candidate in the English and Creative Writing Department at Aberystwyth University. At the Ransom Center, she analyzed the Christine Brooke-Rose papers for her dissertation, which is a single-author study on the writer, looking at the neglect of her work as a British author by the industry. Jones’s research… read more
June 11, 2015, Filed Under: Art, PhotographyFrom Austin to Venice Biennale: 5,614 miles of trucks, planes, and a ferry The Harry Ransom Center supports an active program of loans from its collections, balancing the task of preparing and processing materials for loan with its own exhibition program. The loans, which share the Center’s collections with a wider audience, are considered on the basis of their merit and contribution to… read more
June 9, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsSocial media: Nothing new? Commonplace books as predecessor to Pinterest Explore the Harry Ransom Center, search digital collections, or plan your visit. The Ransom Center’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland exhibition includes a commonplace book kept by Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) with information about ciphers, anagrams, stenography, and labyrinths. As Kelsey McKinney, a former public affairs intern, writes, these “personal… read more
