Explore our work and help preserve a legacy. Forever is a very long time. The Ransom Center's exceptional collections require ongoing preservation management to ensure that they remain available for ...

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Arrive with curiosity. Leave with inspiration. Take your mind on an adventure. The Ransom Center is an internationally renowned humanities research center at The University of Texas at Austin. Our ...

The invention of photography was announced simultaneously in France and England in 1839, dazzling the public and sending waves of excitement around the world. These astonishing breakthroughs depended ...

These guides have been developed to provide resources to instructors interested in teaching with the Hall-Troubridge Digital Collection and to offer students the opportunity to engage with archival ...

Visitors to the Ransom Center have the opportunity to view one of Frida Kahlo's most iconic paintings: an untitled self-portrait known as Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird. The ...

The collection of 3,421 items was donated in 1969 by New York rare book dealer Hans P. Kraus. It consists primarily of texts of Italian opera, but also includes Italian cantatas, serenatas, oratorios, ...

The Ransom Center's extensive collections of manuscripts, rare books, photographs, artworks, and other materials document our cultural history and the creative process. Explore just a few highlights ...

Human sexuality and gender identity have long been a point of fixation for law-making cultures. Contrary to a linear understanding of progress, sexuality and gender both have rich, complex, and ...

There are a variety of tools and techniques for searching Ransom Center collections. Scroll down for access to more specialized databases and research guides. Please note that some of our collections ...