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Texas

Big swagger, little song

December 10, 2018 - Suzanne Krause

As a native Texan, Aaron Latham knows a thing or two about swagger. [Read more…] about Big swagger, little song

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Aaron Latham, Texas, Urban Cowboy

Now online: Newly digitized E. O. Goldbeck collection

October 11, 2016 - Mary Alice Harper

Attributed to C. A. Stead (American, 1870-1932), QMC Personnel Working on Army Clothing at a Supply Depot, ca. 1919. Digital positive from nitrate negative, 20 x 50.4 cm. E. O. Goldbeck Papers and Photography Collection, 967:0068:0887

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.

[Read more…] about Now online: Newly digitized E. O. Goldbeck collection

Filed Under: Cataloging, Digital Collections, Photography Tagged With: Brooks Field, C. A. Stead, C. W. Archer, Camp Travis, digitization, digitized collection, E. O. Goldbeck, Eugene Omar Goldbeck, gelatin silver print, grant, Kelly Field, military, nitrate negative, photographer, Photography, San Antonio, Texana, Texas, twentieth century, W. W. Mitchell, World War One, WWI

Meet docent Carol Headrick—lifelong teacher, Texas native, and manuscript enthusiast

December 15, 2015 - Isabel Dunn

Carol Headrick gives a tour of the exhibition "Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West." Photo by Pete Smith.

Harry Ransom Center docents are volunteer guides who lead daily tours of the Center’s exhibitions. In the months leading up to exhibition openings, docents work closely with exhibition curators to gain a more complete understanding of exhibition items and content. The docent training process involves readings, discussion, and intense familiarization with the exhibition.

[Read more…] about Meet docent Carol Headrick—lifelong teacher, Texas native, and manuscript enthusiast

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Meet the Staff Tagged With: 1914-1918, Art, docents, Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West, Frida Kahlo, landscapes, pastels, Texas, The World at War

“Sis and Jock’s Hot as Hell West Texas Tour!”: Docent takes a 1,318 mile road trip in Frank Reaugh’s footsteps

November 12, 2015 - Isabel Dunn

Harry Ransom Center docents are volunteer guides that lead free daily tours of the Center’s exhibitions. In the months leading up to exhibition openings, docents work closely with curators to gain a more complete understanding of exhibition items and content. The docent training process involves readings, discussion, and intense familiarization with the exhibition.  [Read more…] about “Sis and Jock’s Hot as Hell West Texas Tour!”: Docent takes a 1,318 mile road trip in Frank Reaugh’s footsteps

Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: Art, docents, Exhibitions, Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West, landscapes, pastels, Texas

Texas, el Estado que le robó el corazón al gigante de las letras Jorge Luis Borges

October 22, 2015 - Charley Binkow

Jorge Luis Borges,”Texas” (page 1). From the manuscripts collection at the Harry Ransom Center. / Jorge Luis Borges, "Texas" (página 1). De la colección de manuscritos en el Harry Ransom Center.

En 2014 el Harry Ransom Center adquirió el archivo del Premio Nobel Gabriel García Márquez. Sin duda a García Márquez le habría encantado saber que su archivo residiría junto a una importante colección de documentos de Jorge Luis Borges. Borges, escritor argentino [Read more…] about Texas, el Estado que le robó el corazón al gigante de las letras Jorge Luis Borges

Filed Under: Authors Tagged With: El Soborno, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Garcia Marquez archive, Jorge Luis Borges, magic realism, Texas

Texas, the state that stole the heart of literary giant Jorge Luis Borges

October 22, 2015 - Charley Binkow

Jorge Luis Borges,”Texas” (page 1). From the manuscripts collection at the Harry Ransom Center. / Jorge Luis Borges, "Texas" (página 1). De la colección de manuscritos en el Harry Ransom Center.

In 2014 the Harry Ransom Center acquired the archive of Nobel Prize–winning author Gabriel García Márquez. García Márquez would surely enjoy knowing that his archive resides alongside an important collection of papers by Jorge Louis Borges. [Read more…] about Texas, the state that stole the heart of literary giant Jorge Luis Borges

Filed Under: Authors Tagged With: Argentina, Austin, fiction, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Garcia Marquez archive, Jorge Luis Borges, Latin America, Latin American writers, magic realism, poems, poetry, Texas

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