June 26, 2014, Filed Under: Cataloging, Theatre + Performing ArtsTexas collection of comedias sueltas and Spanish theater available for research and in online database The Texas Collection of Comedias Sueltas and Spanish Theater is available for research. Individual records for each suelta are also available in an online database, providing extensive information about the collection. The collection includes more than 15,000 “comedias sueltas,” a generic term for plays published in small pamphlet format in… read more
June 24, 2014, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsAlan Furst’s “Midnight in Europe” now available Alan Furst, a New York Times bestselling author whose archive resides at the Harry Ransom Center, recently published his latest novel Midnight in Europe. Furst is widely recognized for his historical espionage novels set in the World War II era. His 2008 novel, The Spies of Warsaw, was adapted… read more
June 17, 2014, Filed Under: Cataloging, Theatre + Performing ArtsCataloging project reveals previously unknown copy of a comedia suelta The cataloging of the Texas collection of comedias sueltas at the Harry Ransom Center—funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources, Cataloguing Hidden Special Collections and Archives program—has proven to be a great success in revealing unknown jewels of early printed theater in Spain. One such jewel is Juan… read more
