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Life on the circuit seen through poster repairs

April 24, 2018 - Kenneth Grant

Make-do repairs helped preserve the history of vaudeville

Collection items that have been selected for exhibition frequently come to the paper lab for repair and stabilization before they are prepared for exhibition. Recently, conservators Kimberley Kwan (above) and Jane Boyd repaired several late nineteenth-century lithographic posters for inclusion in the exhibition Vaudeville!

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Vaudeville Film Series runs throughout May

April 16, 2018 - Jennifer Tisdale

During the month of May, the Ransom Center hosts the free Vaudeville Film Series in conjunction with its exhibition Vaudeville!, which is on display through July 15. For more than a century, vaudeville was the most popular form of American entertainment and one of the country’s largest cultural exports. [Read more…] about Vaudeville Film Series runs throughout May

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Grappling with the past: On exhibiting minstrelsy materials

January 29, 2018 - Eric Colleary

The decision to include collection material depicting blackface minstrelsy in our exhibition on vaudeville is a decision we do not take lightly. Minstrelsy is part of the history of American performance and vaudeville. We have a responsibility not to hide this troubling history, but also to display it in such a way that it is clear that we are not celebrating it.  [Read more…] about Grappling with the past: On exhibiting minstrelsy materials

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