April 12, 2012, Filed Under: Cataloging, Research + TeachingDecades later, current headlines echo controversies addressed in Morris Ernst collection Through a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a team of archivists and student interns has been working to organize and catalog the papers of attorney Morris Leopold Ernst since September 2009. The collection is now open for research, and a finding aid is available online. Morris… read more
April 10, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsRecommended Reading: The King James Bible: Its History and Influence The Ransom Center’s current exhibition The King James Bible: It’s History and Influence tells the little-known story of one of the most widely read and printed books in the history of the English language. Exhibition co-curator Danielle Brune Sigler offers a list of recommended reading that traces the history of… read more
April 5, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: The Origins of WWJD In the 1890s, Kansas minister Charles M. Sheldon (1857–1946) turned to “sermon stories” to engage his congregation. In 1896, Sheldon began reading to the Central Church of Topeka a new series of stories called In His Steps. Like other Sheldon sermon stories, In His Steps ran as a serial in… read more
