J.D. Salinger may have led a private life, but even a century’s time couldn’t hide the extent of his talent. UT’s world-class humanities archive, the...
Journalism has come a long way since Magnum Photos—the first global photo cooperative to be operated by photographers—was founded in 1947.
With more than 300...
UT’s Harry Ransom Center has long been an archival powerhouse that draws scholars from around the globe, with holdings including an original Gutenberg Bible...
How a happenstance discovery in the Ransom Center led one researcher down a winding literary path.
This essay first appeared in the New York Times.
I was in the...
Award-winning writers in Texas have a secret weapon.
The array of unexpected delights gathered within UT’s library system shouldn’t have come as a surprise...
The Harry Ransom Center’s director of 25 years, Thomas F. Staley, will retire on Aug. 31, and the HRC has appointed the head librarian of the Folger Shakespeare...
It’s not much to look at—just a few silver smudges. If you didn’t know its origins, you might think it belonged in a junkyard. But in fact, this 8-by-10-inch...
From Pablo Picasso to Marilyn Monroe, Arnold Newman captured them all. One of the most successful portrait photographers of the 20th century, Newman photographed...
Looking for a way to impress your Valentine? Your knowledge about one of the most famous pieces of artwork on the Forty Acres might do the trick.
On Feb. 14, Frida...
