Ransom Center Magazine

Pforzheimer

Harry Ransom Center appoints curator of early books and manuscripts

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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

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

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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

“Hasty and exuberant” decoration in the Ransom Center’s Gutenberg Bible

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The Ransom Center’s two-volume Gutenberg Bible is on permanent display. Every few months the Center’s staff changes the opening, allowing visitors to see different pages and to protect the volumes from overexposure to light. [Read more…] about “Hasty and exuberant” decoration in the Ransom Center’s Gutenberg Bible

From Mainz to Austin: Carl H. Pforzheimer’s Gutenberg Bible and its earlier owners

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Eric White, Curator of Rare Books at Princeton University, discusses the Ransom Center’s Gutenberg Bible on Thursday, February 9, at 7 p.m. for the Center’s annual Pforzheimer lecture. [Read more…] about From Mainz to Austin: Carl H. Pforzheimer’s Gutenberg Bible and its earlier owners

Pforzheimer Symposium celebrates significant book collector of twentieth century

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In conjunction with the Grolier Club Collects II, the Grolier Club, the Harry Ransom Center, and the New York Public Library will co-sponsor The Pforzheimer Symposium at the Grolier Club on January 26 from 2 to 7 p.m. [Read more…] about Pforzheimer Symposium celebrates significant book collector of twentieth century