November 8, 2013, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Cataloging, Digital Collections, Research + TeachingNew inventory of manuscript collection reveals unprecedented level of detail for scholars of British history The Ransom Center recently published a new finding aid for one of its richest collections of early manuscripts: the Carl H. Pforzheimer collection of English manuscripts. The bulk of the manuscripts were acquired in 1986, along with 1,100 other rare early printed editions of English literature that form the Pforzheimer… read more
August 12, 2013, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingCollection of Materials by Robert E. Howard, Creator of Conan the Barbarian, is Donated to Ransom Center The Ransom Center has received a gift of materials related to writer Robert E. Howard (1906–1936), a prominent and prolific writer in the fantasy genre. Though Howard is perhaps best known for creating the character Conan the Barbarian, he wrote more than 100 stories for pulp magazines of his day,… read more
July 16, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsIn the galleries: A page from the first draft of Don DeLillo’s "Underworld" Don DeLillo once noted in an interview, “The significance of baseball, more than other sports, lies in the very nature of the game—slow and spread out and rambling. It’s a game of history and memory, a kind of living archive.” DeLillo explored those aspects of the sport in his 1997… read more
