May 26, 2015, Filed Under: Research + TeachingHarry Ransom Center Awards 70 Fellowships The Harry Ransom Center has awarded 70 research fellowships for 2015–2016. The fellowships support research projects in the humanities that require substantial on-site use of the Ransom Center’s collections of manuscripts, rare books, film, photography, art and performing arts materials.
May 21, 2015, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingReflecting Upon O. G. Rejlander’s “The Countess of Tankerville” The Ransom Center’s photography collection contains more than 100 photographs attributed to distinguished nineteenth-century photographer O. G. Rejlander. One print is a portrait of Olivia Bennet, The Countess of Tankerville. Researcher Lori Pauli visited the Ransom Center to study the portrait, and she reflected on the possible intersection of the lives… read more
May 19, 2015, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsGabriel García Márquez symposium marks opening of author’s archive The University of Texas at Austin’s LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections and Ransom Center will host the symposium “Gabriel García Márquez: His Life and Legacy” on October 28–30 in Austin. In advance of the symposium, the García Márquez archive will open for research in the Ransom Center’s Reading… read more
