April 25, 2019, Filed Under: Research + TeachingThe ‘Court of Last Resort’ Ian Burney, a former Ransom Center fellow, was recently awarded a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation.
April 14, 2019, Filed Under: Authors, Digital CollectionsAbraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman President Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865, having been assassinated at Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.
April 12, 2019, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmEarly special effects Leslie DeLassus is a film historian and instructor with a Ph.D. in Film Studies from the University of Iowa. While working on her Ph.D, DeLassus came to the Ransom Center to research early film special effects innovator, Norman O. Dawn, and his groundbreaking work.