Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States, was honored by The Poetry Society of America in May at their annual benefit.
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Thinking outside the (tux) box: A novel solution to preserving the quirky diaries of the Guy Davenport collection
Last year, Ransom Center archivist Richard Workman brought to my attention some journals that he was cataloging as part of the Guy Davenport Papers. Guy Davenport (1927–2005) was an American author, literary critic, and artist. Throughout his adulthood, he regularly kept journals of his day-to-day life and activities (including his… read more
Commitment to collecting
Going back to the origins of research libraries, there is a long history of scholars building collections to suit personal interests, constructing around themselves an athenaeum of books that supported their individual research goals.