Harry Ransom Center

Monday, November 23 at the Harry Ransom Center

At 7 p.m. the Other Worlds Film Series continues at the Ransom Center with "Forbidden Planet" (1956), starring Leslie Nielsen and Walter Pidgeon.

"Making Movies" Exhibition Explores the Filmmaking Process From Behind the Scenes

Featuring more than 350 items, the exhibition draws on the Ransom Center's extensive holdings documenting the history of the motion picture industry to illustrate the highly collaborative nature of the movie-making process.

¡Viva! Mexico's Independence" Exhibition Marks Anniversaries

The exhibition will feature items from the Center's holdings that relate to the history of Spain's original conquest of Mexico, Mexico's independence from Spain, and subsequent revolutionary activities within Mexico.

Scholar's Fitzgerald, Hemingway Materials Donated To Harry Ransom Center

A collection of correspondence from the estate of Matthew Bruccoli (1931-2008), a professor, researcher and editor known for his lifelong interest in and scholarship on F. Scott Fitzgerald, has been donated to the Ransom Center.

Author Jayne Anne Phillips's Papers Acquired By Harry Ransom Center

The papers strengthen the Center's holdings in contemporary American literature. Phillips has published six novels and story collections over the last three decades. Her most recent work is "Lark and Termite" (2009).

Ransom Center Encourages Community To Read Edgar Allan Poe As Part of The Big Read

To generate interest in Poe, the Ransom Center will unveil daily photos of various community figures, performers and writers reading Poe's works.

Fall Exhibitions Now Open

"From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe" and "Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works" are on display through January 3, 2010.

Poe Mania: Explore Poe

View the digital collection of Poe materials, including hand-written Poe manuscripts, letters, and more.

Poe Mania: Decode Poe

Solve cryptographs using tips from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Gold-Bug."

Poe Mania: Exhibit Installation

View photos of the installation of "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe."

Poe Mania: Parody Poe

Parody Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" for the chance to win a Poe-centric prize.

Ransom Center Embarks on $15 Million Capital Campaign

The capital campaign seeks to enhance the Center's collections and curatorial capacity; create opportunities for scholarship; support preservation projects, exhibitions, and programs; and expand the Center's technological capabilities.

Ransom Center Receiving Applications for Research Fellowships

About 50 fellowships are awarded annually by the Ransom Center to support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities.

Poe Mania

Beginning Monday, August 31, the Ransom Center introduces a week of Poe Mania, featuring online content that celebrates Edgar Allan Poe.

Of a Fire on the Moon

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, view some of the research materials that Norman Mailer compiled for "Of a Fire on the Moon," his work that chronicled the trajectory to the moon.

Ransom Center Receives Big Read Grant from National Endowment for the Arts

The Center has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to host The Big Read in Austin, focusing on Edgar Allan Poe's stories and poems. The Big Read gives communities the opportunity to read, discuss and celebrate American and world literature.