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Meet the Staff: Pforzheimer project digitization specialist Cassandra Chen

January 31, 2019 - Jared Neuharth

Cassandra Chen was recently appointed the Pforzheimer project digitization specialist. Four years ago, she came to the University of Texas at Austin via Taiwan. [Read more…] about Meet the Staff: Pforzheimer project digitization specialist Cassandra Chen

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Meet the Staff Tagged With: digitization, Meet the Staff, Pforzheimer

Collated & perfect

January 31, 2019 - Aaron T. Pratt

The publication and series of programs Collated & Perfect tracks the changing standards that collectors, institutions, and scholars have used to describe and evaluate early printed books. Doing so reveals why the books take the often surprising forms they do today. [Read more…] about Collated & perfect

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, Research + Teaching Tagged With: Beinecke Library, collated and perfect, early books and manuscripts, Pforzheimer, Pforzheimer Symposium

Central Texas to west Texas and beyond

November 14, 2018 - Matthew Harrison

“What do the books smell like?” asked one of my students. In my Shakespeare class at West Texas A&M University, we must use the internet as our rare book room. Our institution could never afford the kinds of specialized resources we use every week online: my students can easily flip through digitized Shakespeare quartos, see performance clips and stills, and trawl through databases of historical records. [Read more…] about Central Texas to west Texas and beyond

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching Tagged With: Fellowships, Pforzheimer, Shakespeare

A conversation on “Dying Well in Early Modern England” with curator Aaron Pratt

October 30, 2018 - Austin Downey

A current Stories to Tell display embraces the Halloween spirit with a collection of early printed books from throughout the Ransom Center’s collections that take on the topic of death. [Read more…] about A conversation on “Dying Well in Early Modern England” with curator Aaron Pratt

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1 Tagged With: dying, England, Halloween, Pforzheimer, Stories to Tell

Harry Ransom Center appoints curator of early books and manuscripts

May 23, 2017 - Suzanne Krause

The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin announces its appointment of Aaron T. Pratt as Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts. Pratt, who begins May 30, will provide curatorial support for the Ransom Center’s early book and manuscript holdings and participate in a variety of activities that promote their teaching and research use. [Read more…] about Harry Ransom Center appoints curator of early books and manuscripts

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Meet the Staff Tagged With: Aaron T. Pratt, Curator, early books and manuscripts, Ohio State, Pforzheimer, Pforzheimer curator, Pratt, Yale University

“My mind was blown, and so it began.” New curator of early books and manuscripts is former network and systems engineer

May 23, 2017 - Marissa Kessenich

Aaron T. Pratt has joined the Ransom Center as our new Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts.

[Read more…] about “My mind was blown, and so it began.” New curator of early books and manuscripts is former network and systems engineer

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Meet the Staff Tagged With: Aaron T. Pratt, archive, Books, Curator, early books, Manuscripts, Ohio State, Pforzheimer, Pforzheimer curator, Pforzheimer Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, staff, Yale

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