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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

Young Adventurers Film Series kicks off this weekend with Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland”

June 2, 2015 - Alicia Dietrich

Promotional poster for "Alice in Wonderland"

Disney’s film Alice in Wonderland (1951) will kick off the Ransom Center’s Young Adventurers Film Series this Saturday at 3 p.m. Other films in the series include James and the Giant Peach (1996) on June 13, Coraline (2009) on June 20, and Where the Wild Things Are (2009) on June 27.

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Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Film Tagged With: #aliceinaustin, Alice in Wonderland, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, film adaptation, Walt Disney, Young Adventurers Film Series

Undergraduate class experiences advertising hands-on with “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” exhibition

May 7, 2015 - Marlene Renz

Students in "Advertising and Popular Culture" class receive tour of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Photo by Pete Smith.

Galit Marmor-Lavie is a professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication. This semester she brought students in her undergraduate Advertising and Popular Culture class, offered at the Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations, to the Ransom Center’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland exhibition. Below, she explains the project that was inspired by the exhibition and what drew her to use the Ransom Center as a resource.

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Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events, Research + Teaching Tagged With: Advertising, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Galit Marmor-Lavie, I have seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America, Lewis Carroll, Undergraduate

Family Day at the Ransom Center

April 15, 2015 - Marlene Renz

Children enjoying the "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" exhibition. Photo by Megan Barnard.

Visit Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland on Saturday, April 25, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. and enjoy free activities for the young and young at heart. You can participate in writing activities with teaching artists from Austin Public Library Friends Foundation’s Badgerdog Creative Writing Program or engage with Lewis Carroll–inspired math activities with local math literacy organization Math Happens. University of Texas at Austin museum theater students will lead visitors through the galleries. Additional activities include docent-led exhibition tours and story times in the theater.  Family days are generously supported by a grant from the Austin Community Foundation, with in-kind support provided by Terra Toys.

 

Below is a detailed schedule:

 

Teaching artists from Austin Public Library Friends Foundation’s Badgerdog Creative Writing Program will lead writing activities at the top of the hour from 10 a.m. through 4 p.m.

 

Join a docent-led tour of the exhibition at noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m.

 

Enjoy story time in the theater at 1:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m.

 

Follow University of Texas at Austin museum theater students through the galleries between 10 a.m. and noon.

 

Complete Lewis Carroll–inspired math activities with Math Happens as you tour the galleries.

 

Children enjoying the "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" exhibition. Photo by Megan Barnard.
Children enjoying the “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” exhibition. Photo by Whitney Martin.

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: Activities, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Austin Community Foundation, Austin Public Library Friends Foundation, Badgerdog Creative Writing Program, Children, Exhibitions, Family Day, Kids, Lewis Carroll, Math Happens, Story Time, Terra Toys

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