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Stop the presses: Benjamin C. Bradlee papers open for research

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The papers of Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee are now open for research at the Harry Ransom Center. [Read more…] about Stop the presses: Benjamin C. Bradlee papers open for research

Discovery of books from the library of Oscar Wilde

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This post was written in collaboration with author and independent scholar Thomas Wright.

Oscar Wilde was many things: dramatist, dandy, essayist, lecturer, novelist, poet—and he was very much a bibliophile.

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“Los Mundos Políticos de Gabriel García Márquez”: Con Lina del Castillo

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Lina del Castillo es profesora en el Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos Teresa Lozano Long (LLILAS) y el Departamento de Historia de la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Ella será la moderadora del panel  “Los Mundos Políticos de Gabriel García Márquez” este viernes, Oct. 30, en el simposio [Read more…] about “Los Mundos Políticos de Gabriel García Márquez”: Con Lina del Castillo

Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee’s Archive Donated

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The archive of Ben Bradlee (1921-2014), former editor of The Washington Post, has been donated to the Ransom Center.

 

Bradlee presided over the Post — first as managing editor and then as executive editor — and led the paper through the publication of the Pentagon Papers and coverage of the Watergate scandal. Under his leadership, the Post earned 17 Pulitzer Prizes and a reputation for excellence in investigative reporting.

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