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March 31, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching

Fellows Find: How Polish poet Bolesław Leśmian’s manuscripts survived World War II and journeyed across three continents

Dariusz Pachocki uses a magnifying glass to read a manuscript in the Lesiman papers in the Ransom Center's reading room. Photo by Alicia Dietrich.

Dariusz Pachocki, an assistant professor in Polish studies at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin in Poland, worked in the Bolesław Leśmian papers at the Ransom Center in 2013. While here, he investigated the provenance of the collection and pieced together the long journey the papers took before their… read more 

February 12, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events

Letters detail adventures, boredom of Monuments Men recovering art stolen by German Nazis

In 1943, the Allies of World War II established the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program—an organization tasked with recovering, restoring, and returning stolen or lost cultural artifacts. The members of the MFAA, known as the Monuments Men, included over 300 artists, architects, educators, directors, and scholars. Together, they made… read more 

October 8, 2013, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Photography

In the Galleries: Robert Capa

"France. Normandy. Landing of the American troops on Omaha Beach." 1944 © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography/Magnum Photos

Robert Capa (1913–1954), proclaimed “The Greatest War Photographer in the World” by the Picture Post in 1938, famously created some of the only surviving photographs of the Allied Invasion of Normandy in 1944. When his rolls of film arrived for development at the Life magazine office in London, a darkroom… read more 

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