archival practice

December 8, 2020 - Harry Ransom Center

DARE TO RESEARCH: Diversity Awards for Research Engagement

Filed Under: Featured1, Research + Teaching Tagged With: archival practice, archival research, archive, What is Research?

by JIM KUHN This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? The Harry Ransom Center’s “What Is Research” project ran from 2019-2020. The corresponding “DARE To Research” award was a one-time activity, funded at that time by the University of Texas at Austin Division of Diversity and… read more

ABOUT JIM KUHN

Jim Kuhn is Associate Director for the Library Division and Hobby Foundation Librarian at the Ransom Center. He has master's degrees in philosophy and library science, is the co-author of Academic Freedom: A Guide to the Literature (Greenwood Press, 2000), and has written about special collections librarianship and digital humanities. Jim also volunteers with the campus Victims Advocate Network (VAN), and serves on the board of Texas After Violence Project, an Austin-based community archive and documentary project cultivating deeper understandings of the impacts of state-sanctioned violence on individuals, families, and communities.

October 21, 2015 - Megan Barnard

Realzando los documentos de Gabriel García Márquez

Filed Under: Authors, Research + Teaching Tagged With: acquisition, Acquisitions, archival practice, collecting, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Garcia Marquez archive

Cuando el Harry Ransom Center recibe archivos de un autor tan famoso como Gabriel García Márquez, se suscita cierta emoción en el personal, el cual se enorgullece de estar capacitado para preservar y permitir el acceso a materiales que son únicos en el mundo y que permiten nuevas e insospechadas… read more

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