September 8, 2015, Filed Under: Research + TeachingTeachers mine Ransom Center archives for lesson planning gold With the support of UTeach Liberal Arts and the Jefferson Center for Core Texts and Ideas, University of Texas at Austin professor Elon Lang led a one-week workshop at the Harry Ransom Center this summer called “Teaching from the Archives.” It gives educators first-hand experience with the resources of the Ransom… read more
February 21, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsTeacher workshops demonstrate value of primary source materials in Ransom Center’s collections to enhance learning In elementary school, my class took a field trip to the main branch of the Houston Public Library. We learned how to use the microfilm machines, and I was allowed to look up the front page of the newspaper from the day I was born. I still remember the “Ransom… read more
