May 23, 2017, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Meet the Staff“My mind was blown, and so it began.” New curator of early books and manuscripts is former network and systems engineer Aaron T. Pratt has joined the Ransom Center as our new Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts.
February 27, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Cataloging, Digital Collections, Research + TeachingGabriel García Márquez’s life in 100 pictures In August 2016, I joined the Ransom Center as a graduate student assistant from The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information to digitize the Gabriel García Márquez papers.
December 21, 2016, Filed Under: Art, Books + Manuscripts, Conservation, PhotographyRansom Center conservator treats preliminary layouts for Ed Ruscha’s Hard Light The Edward Ruscha Papers and Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Center includes preliminary layout sheets for Hard Light, a collaborative artist’s book published by Ruscha and Lawrence Weiner in 1978.