August 13, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsInsider’s perspective: The hip and the square This post originally appeared in the August 2006 issue of the Harry Ransom Center’s monthly eNews. How would you update Norman Mailer’s “The Hip and the Square” list for 2015?
June 2, 2014, Filed Under: Cataloging, Meet the StaffMeet the Staff: Archivist Amy Armstrong Meet the Staff is a new Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlight the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. The series kicks off with a Q&A with Amy Armstrong, who has been an archivist at the Ransom Center since January 2009 and is head… read more
November 22, 2013, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsNotes in Norman Mailer archive shed light on Lee Harvey Oswald The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas shook America’s understanding of trust, security, and rational behavior. In the five decades following, a multitude of historians and writers have been moved to study the event, many with particular interest in the assassin himself, Lee… read more
