January 7, 2010, Filed Under: Research + TeachingAn odd juxtaposition: George Washington and "Fanny Hill" We recently received a reference question regarding our copy of The Farewell Address of Gen. George Washington (Keene, N.H.: Printed by John Prentiss, 1812). The question had nothing to do with the work but with the possibility that our copy might be bound in boards covered with sheets from a… read more
December 17, 2009, Filed Under: FilmJennifer Jones materials in collections Actress Jennifer Jones, who died today at the age of 90, has connections to the Ransom Center’s film holdings, particularly the David O. Selznick collection. The Selznick collection, the largest collection at the Ransom Center, occupies almost five thousand document cases, and spans the career of the famed Hollywood producer.… read more
December 17, 2009, Filed Under: Cataloging, ConservationCataloging the Morris L. Ernst papers In the spring of 2009, the Harry Ransom Center received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to catalog the Morris L. Ernst papers. The collection will be closed to researchers until the project is completed in the fall of 2011. During that time, a team of one… read more
