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	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is a library and archive at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in the collection of literary and other cultural artifacts from the United States and Europe.
		The Center has a reading room for scholars, and the Ransom Center Galleries host exhibitions of works and objects from the collections.
		The two most prominent possessions in the Ransom Center's archive—both of which are on display in the main lobby—are a copy of the Gutenberg Bible and the first successful permanent photograph, produced by Nicéphore Niépce.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Ransom_Humanities_Research_Center (405 words)

	Binding Repairs for Special Collections at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
		The Ransom Center is a special collections research library at the University of Texas at Austin.
		Research in the material sciences about the qualities of various materials used in conservation and procedures for the chemical treatment of artifacts influences the type of treatments we undertake.
		John Kirkpatrick, curator of modern literature at the Ransom Center, has observed that the types of treatments have changed over the past twenty years with the practical realization by conservators and curators of the enormous number of artifacts that needed attention.
	aic.stanford.edu /sg/bpg/annual/v19/bp19-30.html (5213 words)

	UT Feature Story -- University Acquires Watergate Papers: Ransom Center to house archive of reporters Woodward and ...
		The archive will be housed in the Ransom Center’s newly remodeled 40,000-square-foot facility that includes display space for its extensive collections, including the nation’s most important trove of papers of 20th century writers, among them Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Tom Stoppard, Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene.
		Woodward and Bernstein’s introduction to the Ransom Center was made by New York rare book dealer Glenn Horowitz, who has been their representative in the transaction.
		In early May the Ransom Center opens its doors to its newly constructed public space, including the Ransom Galleries, exhibition space to spotlight the Center's riches; the 129-seat Prothro Theater, a state-of-the-art space for readings, lectures, film and performances; as well as permanent exhibitions of the Gutenberg Bible (c.
	www.utexas.edu /features/archive/2003/watergate.html (1920 words)

	On Campus - Harry Ransom Center acquires Norman Mailer archive
		I’d say the major part of my decision (and pleasure) to have this archive go to the Ransom Center is that you have one of the best, if not, indeed, the greatest collection of literary archives to be found in America.
		Ransom Center staff will perform a routine conservation inspection on its arrival and prepare an initial list of collection materials.
		Once the collection is assessed shortly after its arrival, the Ransom Center will provide a closer estimate of when the materials will be made available for students and researchers.
	www.utexas.edu /opa/ic/oncampus/2005/april/mailer.html (987 words)

	OSVITA / Programs / Misc / Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Fellowships:
		The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, one of the world's foremost institutions for research in literature and the arts, announces its 2006-2007 Research Fellowship Program.
		Approximately 40 fellowships are awarded annually by the Ransom Center to support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities.
		This topic corresponds with the Ransom Center's fall 2006 exhibition on Norman Mailer and American culture from 1945 to 1975, and its spring 2007 exhibition on America in the 1920s.
	www.osvita.org /eng/programs/misc/hrhrc (176 words)

	Ransom Center Announces Application Process for Research Fellowships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The application process has begun for 2006-2007 research fellowships sponsored by the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
		About 40 fellowships are awarded annually by the Ransom Center to support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities.
		This year's topic is "The Post-War Cultures of 20th-Century America," a theme that corresponds with the Ransom Center's fall 2006 exhibition on Norman Mailer and American culture from 1945 to 1980, and its spring 2007 exhibition on America in the 1920s.
	fdncenter.org /pnd/rfp/arts/20051028_utexas.html (274 words)

	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center - Austin, TX, 78713 - Citysearch
		Founded in 1956 by Dr. Harry Huntt Ransom, the center began with the 1958 purchase of the T.E. Hanley Collection of manuscripts, books and artwork about and by literary figures, including Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, Dylan Thomas and many others.
		When you first walk into the center, you pass the "Worldly Possessions" display, with artifacts such as Anne Sexton's checkbook and Gertrude Stein's pen.
		Inside the main floor of the museum, modern art sprawls out in front of you and the multiple levels hold art from the 15th through the 20th century from all over the world, as well as touring exhibitions and the Gutenberg Bible, the oldest surviving book printed with movable type on a printing press.
	www.citysearch.com /profile/11354069 (343 words)

	Édouard Dujardin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His participation in this journal resulted in it being labelled an "important voice for the symbolists" (Harry Ransom, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center 2004).
		Upon the death of his parents, Dujardin was the sole heir to their fortune, and he used some of this money to finance the plays Antonia in 1891 and Le Chevalier Du Passe in 1882.
		Dujardin's papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/%C3%89douard_Dujardin (404 words)

	WSU - Humanities
		The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook, SUNY at Stony Brook
		Center for the Humanities, University of New Hampshire
		Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin - Madison
	www.research.wayne.edu /hum/grantlinks.html (706 words)

	Newsletter 19.1 Spring 2004 (Conservation at the Getty)
		Last November the GCI and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin organized an international symposium on research related to View from the Window at Le Gras (1826)—the world's first permanent photograph from nature—and the work of its creator, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.
		The center's newly renovated exhibition space includes a permanent display of the first photo and a special exhibit of artifacts and rarely seen historical documents related to the work and its rediscovery in 1952 by photo historian Helmut Gernsheim.
		Interlaced among the research projects were art historical, historical, scientific, and art conservation presentations related to the first photo.
	www.getty.edu /conservation/publications/newsletters/19_1/gcinews4.html (446 words)

	Ransom Center: Email - Robert De Niro Donates Collection to Ransom Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		We are pleased to announce that actor, director, producer Robert De Niro has donated his remarkable collection of film-related materials to the Harry Ransom Center.
		With materials from the late 1960s to the present, the archive includes annotated scripts, notes, research materials, and an extensive collection of the costumes De Niro wore in his films.
		A small selection of items from the De Niro collection will be on view in the Ransom Center’s lobby through June 18.
	uthrc.convio.net /site/MessageViewer?em_id=3021.0&dlv_id=6901&... (266 words)

	Ransom Research Fellowships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		To support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities.
		Priority is given to proposals that concentrate on the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center collections and that require substantial on-site use of them.
		All fellows are invited to participate in the intellectual life of The University of Texas at Austin, and are asked to write a brief research report on their work at the Ransom Center to be submitted after the residency has been completed.
	www.mville.edu /Grants/GrantDescriptionPages/Ransom.htm (209 words)

	The Daily Texan
		It belongs to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University, and is "priceless," said Roy Flukinger, senior photography curator at the Ransom Center.
		The image, produced by Niepce in 1825, is of a faded pen and ink drawing of a boy with his horse.
		The 1826 photograph owned by the Ransom Center was created through an eight-hour exposure on pewter treated with bitumen of Judea.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /media/paper410/news/2002/03/29/News/Ransom.Center.Still.Claims.FirstEver.Photo-502741.shtml (506 words)

	Gutenberg Bible Now Online at University of Texas Ransom Center
		The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, renamed in 1983 for its founder and guiding spirit, Harry Ransom, is one of the world's preeminent institutions for literary and cultural research.
		In sum, the mission of the Ransom Center is to collect original research materials, to make its collections accessible through high standards of cataloging and conservation, and to encourage their use through exhibitions, seminars, fellowships, lectures, and publications.
		The central aim of the Center is to continue to acquire and make available books, manuscripts, archives, photographs, and other works of art for research in the humanities.
	www.urlwire.com /news/072503c.html (1023 words)

	The John Fowles papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin - John Fowles ...
		The John Fowles papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin - John Fowles Issue
		The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the principal rare books and manuscripts library of The University of Texas at Austin, is noted for its collections of British, American, and French literary materials, with major Additional strengths of photography, music, film, and theater arts.
		The Ransom Center's acquisition of the John Fowles Papers, the majority of which were obtained from the author in 1991, serves to enhance the Center's twentieth-century British literary holdings.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0403/is_n1_v42/ai_18412896 (790 words)

	Law-Related Resources at the Harry Ransom Center
		The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC) is geared toward historical research.
		The Queen Collection is the central focus for a larger library of research materials relating to crime, detection, and law enforcement.
		In 1960, the Ransom Center acquired Jaffe's library of 15,000 books, pamphlets, and periodicals on such topics as the U.S.S.R., socialism, communism, the American labor movement, China and India, civil liberties, communism in America and Great Britain,Soviet literature, U.S. foreign affairs, and U.N. economic and social reports.
	tarlton.law.utexas.edu /rare/hrc.html (1590 words)

	HARRY RANSOM HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTER RENOVATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Harry Ransom Center (HRC) has long housed a storied collection behind a forbidding façade.
		Fortunately the overhang of the upper floors would provide shade from sun and glare and it was decided to use this glass to achieve both goals; bringing light into the interior and for abstractly displaying the Ransom Center collection.
		The 14 million dollar renovation was a complex collaboration between staff, security, and contractor to ensure continuous operation and access during construction without compromising the integrity and security of the collection.
	web.austin.utexas.edu /architecture/events/books_build/hrc.html (648 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Movies / Center acquires Stella Adler archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center has acquired the complete archive of Stella Adler, founder of the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting, the center announced Monday.
		"The Adler archive is a deep and rich source for the study of 20th-century American theater," said Thomas F. Staley, director of the Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
		The Ransom Center already holds the papers of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams.
	www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2004/04/27/center_acquire_stella_adler_archive (247 words)

	De Niro Donates to Texas' Ransom Center
		The Academy Award-winning actor is donating his collection of film-related materials _ scripts, costumes and correspondence _ to the cultural archive at the university's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.
		After that the collection will be housed for research, although a few costumes may be rotated into the Ransom Center gallery.
		''One of the most important things about the Harry Ransom Center is that the material will be accessible to students and the public,'' De Niro said in a statement released by the center.
	happynews.com /news/672006/de-niro-donates-to-texas-ransom-center.htm (356 words)

	Newsletter 18.2 Summer 2003 (Conservation at the Getty)
		The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin and the GCI are organizing an international symposium on research related to View from the Window at Le Gras (1826)—the world's first photograph—and the work of its creator, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, to be held at the Ransom Center, November 20-23, 2003.
		A number of new research initiatives and ongoing research projects related to the photograph will also be considered.
		In addition, there will be discussions of the latest historical and art historical research focused on the beginnings of photography.
	www.getty.edu /conservation/publications/newsletters/18_2/gcinews6.html (200 words)

	NPR : Analyzing the World's First Photograph
		The exposure time for the first photo lasted eight hours -- so the sun had time to move from east to west, appearing to shine on both sides of the building.
		The precious photo has been housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin since 1963.
		• Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
	www.npr.org /programs/watc/features/2002/mar/photograph (421 words)

	CharityChannel's Don Griesmann's Grant Opportunities eNewsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In 1963 he developed a community center across the street from the Church.
		The center featured daily programs for over 300 children a day.
		His personal mission: To provide and to broker information about grants, grant writing, management, human resources, data and resources for leaders of nonprofit, community-based and faith-based organizations, educators and government.
	charitychannel.com /publish/templates/?a=7391&z=26 (459 words)

	The First Photograph
		When Harry Ransom purchased the Gernsheim Collection for The University of Texas at Austin in 1963, Helmut Gernsheim subsequently donated the Niépce heliograph to the institution.
		Because of its uniqueness and its significance to the arts and humanities, it is among the world's and the University's rarest treasures.
		This most famous reproduction of the World's First Photograph was based upon the March 1952 reproduction produced at Helmut Gernsheim's request by the Research Laboratory of the Eastman Kodak Company in London.
	palimpsest.stanford.edu /byorg/abbey/an/an26/an26-3/an26-307.html (794 words)

	Gabriel (-Honore) Marcel
		He converted to Catholicism in 1929 and his philosophy was later described as “Christian Existentialism” (most famously in Jean-Paul Sartre's “Existentialism is a Humanism”) a term he initially endorsed but later repudiated.
		It is that which allows us, upon seeing the misfortune of another, to say, “There, but for the grace of God, go I.” To go to someone's side or to assist another out of a sense of “duty” is precisely not to be present to her.
		Gabriel Marcel Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/marcel (8229 words)

	The Gutenberg Bible at the Ransom Center
		The Gutenberg Bible, the first substantial book printed with movable type, is one of the greatest treasures in the Ransom Center's collections.
		It was printed at Johann Gutenberg's shop in Mainz, Germany and completed in 1454 or 1455.
		The Center's Bible was acquired in 1978 and is one of only five complete examples in the United States.
	www.hrc.utexas.edu /exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg (70 words)

	BGSU:SPAR
		Center to support scholarly research projects in all areas
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		NSF Awards 17 Grants for Research on Biocomplexity in the Environment [pr05189]
	www.bgsu.edu /offices/spar/newsletter/SPARUpdate110505 (595 words)

	Direct Textbooks Price Comparison for ISBN 0292765894: The Diaries of Nikolay Punin: 1904-1953 (Harry Ransom Humanities ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		His relations with such schools as Constructivism, Acmeism, and Formalism make him a key figure in understanding the fate of theory in Russia." --J. Michael Holquist, Yale University, editor of the works of M. Bakhtin Nikolay Punin (1888-1953) was the most articulate Russian/Soviet art critic of the 1920s.
		He strongly advocated Constructivism, an avant-garde impulse that favored mechanomorphic abstraction and proclaimed a movement to bring art into the center of popular life.
		Jennifer Greene Krupala is a very talented translator and does great justice to the diaries of Nikolay Punin; it is obvious that she has a deep understanding of the work and a strong command of the Russian language.
	www.directtextbook.com /price.php?p=prices&q=0292765894&shippingtime=8 (397 words)

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