June 1, 2020, Filed Under: Conservation, Featured1, PhotographyThe Conservation of Daguerreotypes: Objects in Mirror are More Complex than They Appear One of many strengths in the Ransom Center’s collections is early photography. In addition to the earliest surviving photograph produced in a camera, The Niépce Heliograph, the Center holds many beautiful examples of daguerreotypes.
February 27, 2018, Filed Under: PhotographyArchive of photographer Fritz Henle comes to Texas Image: Fritz Henle (American, b. Germany, 1909–1993), [Nieves Orozco], 1943. Gelatin silver print (contact sheet). Fritz Henle Papers and Photography Collection © The Fritz Henle Estate The Harry Ransom Center has acquired the Fritz Henle archive, containing about 180,000 black-and-white negatives, 10,000 color transparencies, 150 contact sheet books, 11 books… read more
October 11, 2016, Filed Under: Cataloging, Digital Collections, PhotographyNow online: Newly digitized E. O. Goldbeck collection A new digitization project provides access to 996 photographs from the E. O. (Eugene Omar) Goldbeck papers and photography collection, the largest photography collection in the Harry Ransom Center’s Texana holdings.
