Press Releases
2013
- More Than 65 Research Fellowships Awarded by the Harry Ransom Center
- Exhibition Showcases Literature About Baseball, Boxing, Football and Other Sports
- University of Texas press release: Leader of Folger Shakespeare Library Appointed New Ransom Center Director
- Archive of Nobel Prize–winning writer J.M. Coetzee opens for research
- Frida Kahlo's "Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" to be Displayed at Ransom Center Beginning Feb. 14
2012
- Author Nicolas Freeling's Papers Available at Ransom Center
- David Foster Wallace Materials Related to "The Pale King" Now Open For Research
- Harry Ransom Center Receiving Applications for Research Fellowships in the Humanities
- Foundations of Modern Cartography Now Visible Online and in Detail
- Retrospective "Arnold Newman: Masterclass" Provides First U.S. Opportunity for Reappraisal of Photographer's Work
- First Photograph To Travel To Europe For First Time in 50 Years
- Ransom Center Appoints New Chief Curator of Photography
- Ransom Center Exhibition Explores Career of American Stage and Industrial Designer Norman Bel Geddes
- Harry Ransom Center Hosts "Biblical Film Series"
- More Than 50 Research Fellowships Awarded by the Harry Ransom Center
- Registration opens for "Visions of the Future," Fleur Cowles Flair Symposium at Ransom Center
- Papers of Lawyer and Civil Liberties Advocate Morris L. Ernst Now Cataloged
- "Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Visual Effects Producer Thomas Smith Donates Collection to Harry Ransom Center
- Author T.C. Boyle's Papers Acquired by Harry Ransom Center
- Newly Cataloged Collection of Science Materials Now Open for Research
- "The Gernsheim Collection" Earns Recognition
- Harry Ransom Center Hosts The David Foster Wallace Symposium
- Ransom Center Exhibition Celebrates History and Influence of King James Bible
2011
- Publisher, Author and Artist Fleur Cowles's Archive Donated to Harry Ransom Center
- Nobel Prize-Winning Writer J. M. Coetzee's Archive Acquired By Harry Ransom Center
- Photographer Elliott Erwitt's Archive to be Housed at Harry Ransom Center
- Commentary Magazine Archive Donated to Ransom Center
- Harry Ransom Center Receiving Applications for Research Fellowships in the Humanities
- "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" Collection Donated to Ransom Center
- Archive of "Rebel Without a Cause" Director Acquired by the Harry Ransom Center
- Ransom Center Exhibition Explores Forces Behind Censorship in United States Between Two World Wars
- Ransom Center Exhibition Explores Greenwich Village Bohemian Culture Through Bookshop Door
- Web Exhibition Explores History, Connections Between Visitors to Greenwich Village Bookshop
- Frida Kahlo's "Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" to Be Displayed at Ransom Center Beginning July 6
- Science Fiction Writer Bruce Sterling Donates Collection of Materials to Harry Ransom Center
- Harry Ransom Center Hosts "Tennessee Williams Film Series"
- More Than 65 Research Fellowships Awarded by the Harry Ransom Center
- Preview Archive Materials Related to Wallace's Posthumous Novel "The Pale King"
- Watergate-Related Events, Panel with Redford, Woodward and Bernstein Celebrate 35th Anniversary of Film "All the President's Men"
- Ransom Center and Austin Public Library Friends Foundation Partner on Discussion Series Relating to Exhibition
- Digital Collection Highlights Photos Taken In Corpus Christi During Great Depression
- Plate Painted by Pablo Picasso Donated to Ransom Center by Photojournalist Duncan
- Ransom Center Receives $10,000 Grant To Catalog Collection of Science Materials
- 2011 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees Include Ransom Center Director Staley
- Ransom Center Receives Grant To Catalog Spanish Comedias Sueltas
2010
- Call for Applications for Mellon Summer Institute in Spanish Paleography at Harry Ransom Center
- Playwright Spalding Gray's Archive Acquired By Harry Ransom Center
- "Culture Unbound: Collecting in the Twenty-first Century" Highlights Archives Acquired By Ransom Center Since 2000
- Exhibition Celebrates Centennial of American Playwright Tennessee Williams
- National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Speaks in Austin for the American Civility Tour
- Archive of Writer David Foster Wallace Now Open for Research
- Harry Ransom Center Receiving Applications for Research Fellowships in the Humanities
- "Gone With The Wind" Fans Donate $30,000 to Preserve Original Costumes
- Donations Sought to Restore Iconic Costumes from "Gone With The Wind"
- Author Denis Johnson's Papers Acquired By Harry Ransom Center
- Magnum Photos Collection Opens to Researchers, Students and Public
- Influential Gernsheim Collection Showcases History of Photography at Ransom Center
- Web Exhibition Explores Costume Designs For Stage and Screen From B. J. Simmons & Co.
- More Than 60 Research Fellowships Awarded by the Harry Ransom Center
- Harry Ransom Center's Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection Now Accessible Online
- Doctoral Theses of Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss Acquired by Ransom Center
- Harry Ransom Center and Cine Las Americas Present "Mexican Revolution Films of the 70s" series in May
- Ransom Center Director Staley Announces Retirement Plans
- Ransom Center Opens Archive of Prize-winning Writer Jim Crace
- Suzanne Deal Booth and David G. Booth Provide $1 Million Gift for Ransom Center's Conservation and Preservation Programs
- Screenwriter and Director Paul Schrader Donates Collection to Harry Ransom Center
- David Foster Wallace Archive Acquired by Harry Ransom Center
- Papers of Playwright, Writer and Director David Mamet Now Open for Research
- Magnum Photo Collection Acquired by MSD Capital; Nearly 200,000 Vintage Prints To Reside at The University of Texas at Austin's Harry Ransom Center
- Author Andre Dubus's Papers Acquired By Harry Ransom Center
- Harry Ransom Center Receives Gift of Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis Letters
- Collection of Italian Opera Libretti Now Accessible at the Harry Ransom Center
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