March 31, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellows Find: How Polish poet Bolesław Leśmian’s manuscripts survived World War II and journeyed across three continents 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 + EventsLetters 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, PhotographyIn the Galleries: Robert Capa 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
