May 1, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingMuddy bootprints on Himmler’s copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf This week marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. I grew up in Holland where the fifth of May is celebrated as “Bevrijdingsdag,” named for the liberation from German occupation that my father, who was 14 years old in 1945 when he stood by the side… read more
April 29, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, ConservationPforzheimer library receives proactive conservation assessment In 1986 when the Ransom Center acquired the Carl H. Pforzheimer library of early English literature, with books dating from 1475 to 1700, the book world gasped. The Pforzheimer library was the outstanding private collection of early English books available, and the acquisition of this exceptional private library of carefully… read more
April 28, 2015, Filed Under: ConservationHere lies Gloria One of the most unusual items in the Ransom Center’s collections resides within the Gloria Swanson archive, and it’s as challenging as it is amusing. The “sugar coffin,” as it has become known, was given to Swanson by avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger, in response to a lawsuit filed by Swanson… read more
