April 21, 2016, Filed Under: ConservationSay it with flowers Princess Marthe Bibesco was the quintessential Napoleonic cosmopolite—worldly, literary, political, and modern
March 4, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Conservation, Digital CollectionsThinking 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
November 25, 2015, Filed Under: Art, Conservation, Exhibitions + EventsPreparing Frank Reaugh’s pastels for a new audience The works on view from the Ransom Center’s collection in Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West have been at The University of Texas at Austin since before the Ransom Center was founded. Reaugh donated them to the University in 1937.
