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September 25, 2015, Filed Under: Authors, Cataloging

Our year with J. Frank Dobie

C. H. Dykeman, Photograph of J. Frank Dobie at his desk, 1959. Note the wooden roadrunner on his desk and the open file cabinet drawer showing folders of papers.

Thanks to support from the TexTreasures grant program of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the papers of Texas writer, folklorist, and educator J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964) are now

April 27, 2015, Filed Under: Conservation

Preservation Week celebrates importance of care of collection materials

Softening adhesive on the border of the drawing, "The Christening Party" by W. H. Robinson. Photo by Eric Beggs.

Preservation Week is an effort to promote preservation and conservation for cultural heritage materials throughout the United States. In 2004, Heritage Preservation performed the first national survey to document the preservation needs of cultural collections held in libraries, archives, and museums. The survey, now known as the Heritage Health Index,… read more 

February 7, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Cataloging, Research + Teaching

Frank Reaugh project reveals new details of the artist’s process

"Under Mesquites" by Frank Reaugh (1860-1945), showing an inscription in the margin. Photo by Pete Smith.

The Ransom Center is currently engaged in a one-year, grant-funded project to digitize, catalog, process and make the Frank Reaugh art collection available online, which will be the first complete collection of the Ransom Center’s new digital asset management system. The project is ongoing and is expected to be completed… read more 

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