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Theatre critic Mel Gussow’s legendary interviews available online

April 3, 2018 - Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa

by Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa and Eric Colleary

British and American theatre history preserved in candid recordings

Mel Gussow was the lead cultural critic for the New York Times for more than 40 years. Throughout his career, he recorded interviews with stars and unknowns of the American and British theatre. [Read more…] about Theatre critic Mel Gussow’s legendary interviews available online

Filed Under: Conservation, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Mel Gussow, New York Times, preservation, sound recordings, theatre criticism

Deadline: 2028—Countdown to preserve audio materials

April 27, 2017 - Amy Armstrong

A wax cylinder in new housing.

We left off in part one wondering how to evaluate the Ransom Center’s unique non-commercial sound recordings, particularly when we aren’t able to access their audio content prior to preservation. Verifying written descriptions helps, but there are other considerations to keep in mind, such as a recording’s physical format—different types of material become increasingly unstable with age, but at different rates, and in different ways. [Read more…] about Deadline: 2028—Countdown to preserve audio materials

Filed Under: Conservation, Digital Collections Tagged With: Amy Armstrong, audio, audiocassettes, audiovisual materials, belts, compact disc, David Douglas Duncan, Denis Johnson, dictation discs, digitization, Ernest Lehman, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mel Gussow, microcassettes, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Recording Preservation Plan, Norman Mailer, phonograph records, preservation, Preservation Self-Assessment Program, reel to reel audio tapes, sound recording, survey, wax cylinders, wire recordings

Deadline: 2028—Time is not on our side

April 27, 2017 - Amy Armstrong

A lacquer disc.

High stakes for cultural heritage

In just 11 years, the Harry Ransom Center could reach the point of no return!

[Read more…] about Deadline: 2028—Time is not on our side

Filed Under: Conservation, Digital Collections Tagged With: Amy Armstrong, audio, audiocassettes, audiovisual materials, belts, compact disc, David Douglas Duncan, Denis Johnson, dictation discs, digitization, Ernest Lehman, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mel Gussow, microcassettes, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Recording Preservation Plan, Norman Mailer, phonograph records, preservation, Preservation Self-Assessment Program, reel to reel audio tapes, sound recording, survey, wax cylinders, wire recordings

Ransom Center conservator treats preliminary layouts for Ed Ruscha’s Hard Light

December 21, 2016 - Susana Hoyos Velasco

The author reducing the orange adhesive stains with solvents using the suction table.

The Edward Ruscha Papers and Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Center includes preliminary layout sheets for Hard Light, a collaborative artist’s book published by Ruscha and Lawrence Weiner in 1978. [Read more…] about Ransom Center conservator treats preliminary layouts for Ed Ruscha’s Hard Light

Filed Under: Art, Books + Manuscripts, Conservation, Photography Tagged With: adhesive, Art, artist, Books, Conservation, Ed Ruscha, Hard Light, intern, Lawrence Weiner, photographs, preservation, treatment

Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World / Un hogar en todo el laboratorio

September 23, 2016 - Diana Diaz Canas

Durante la planeación de exhibiciones en el Harry Ransom Center, los curadores seleccionan los materiales que consideran más relevantes en las colecciones y que, a su vez, mejor se relacionan con los temas de cada muestra. Posteriormente los restauradores evalúan la condición física de todos los objetos seleccionados, con el fin de entender su fragilidad material, evaluar los posibles riesgos y/o requerimientos específicos para exhibirlos de forma segura, tales como la necesidad de construir soportes exactos y a la medida para libros, o establecer niveles de iluminación para fotografías. En el caso de Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World, se determinó cuáles fotografías podrían beneficiarse de algunos tratamientos de conservación.

[Read more…] about Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World / Un hogar en todo el laboratorio

Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events, Photography Tagged With: cleaning, conservación, Conservation, conservation lab, Elliott Erwitt, emulsion, exhibición Elliott Erwitt, exhibition, fotografía, fotografías, Home Around the World, Knopf, laboratorio de conservación, limpieza, photographs, Photography, preservación, preservation, restauración, tratamientos, treatment

Elliott Erwitt: Home around the lab

September 20, 2016 - Diana Diaz Canas

Before treatment - Front with tape residues, and back. Elliott Erwitt (American, b. France 1928), Lawrenceville, New Jersey [Frederick Buechner], 1949. Gelatin silver print, 11.6 x 12.7 cm. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records, Harry Ransom Center. © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos

During exhibition planning at the Harry Ransom Center, conservators assess all objects the curators have chosen for display. Conservators evaluate the condition of [Read more…] about Elliott Erwitt: Home around the lab

Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events, Photography Tagged With: cleaning, Conservation, conservation lab, Elliott Erwitt, emulsion, exhibition, Home Around the World, Knopf, photographs, Photography, preservation, treatment

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