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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

A young Lewis Carroll, “musing on milk” and “reasoning on rubbish”

October 13, 2016 - Danielle Sigler

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832-1898, The Rectory Magazine, 1850, manuscript. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Collection, Harry Ransom Center.

Through its digital collections portal, the Harry Ransom Center has made available a remarkable example of juvenilia from its Charles Lutwidge Dodgson collection.

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Filed Under: Digital Collections Tagged With: 19th century, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, British literature, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Danielle Brune Sigler, juvenilia, Lewis Carroll, magazine, Mark Twain, newspaper, The Rectory Magazine

On the closing of Alice

July 14, 2015 - Danielle Sigler

The closing of an exhibition is always bittersweet. The closing of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is particularly so for me. During the run of the exhibition we saw the galleries come alive with [Read more…] about On the closing of Alice

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: Alice, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Behind-the-scenes, Exhibitions, Frank Reaugh, installation, visitors

July 4, 1862: A Golden Afternoon with Alice and her Sisters

July 2, 2015 - Harry Ransom Center

Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), [Edith, Lorina, and Alice Liddell], 1858. Albumen print (cabinet card), 4 x 5.5 inches. Gernsheim Collection, Harry Ransom Center.

Charles Dodgson began to tell the story of a little girl named Alice on an outing with Alice, Edith, and Lorina Liddell on July 4, 1862. He later recalled that “golden afternoon” in a poem that prefaces many editions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. [Read more…] about July 4, 1862: A Golden Afternoon with Alice and her Sisters

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: Alice, alice liddell, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Exhibitions, Gernsheim collection, golden afternoon, july 4, Lewis Carroll, Technology

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