August 25, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, ConservationPreserving “The Eyes of Texas” The Harry Ransom Center recently treated a document near and dear to its home. The original manuscript for “The Eyes of Texas,” the alma mater for The University of Texas at Austin, was in need of conservation. The Texas Exes, the alumni organization which holds the manuscript, brought the framed… read more
May 16, 2014, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsA graduation diploma: “The Eviction Notice Written in Latin” This week, The University of Texas at Austin prepares its podiums and fireworks for Saturday’s commencement ceremony, the 131st in the school’s history.
May 30, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsMark Twain letter has close geographical tie to University of Texas When Samuel Clemens—better known by his pseudonym Mark Twain—penned a letter in London in 1900 to the widow of his childhood best friend in Austin, he had no idea that it would be preserved more than a century later in the Harry Ransom Center’s archives just four blocks south. Today… read more
