Harry Ransom Center

911 Harry Ransom Center About the Ransom Center:Celebrating its <a href="http://do512.com/50/">50th anniversary</a> in 2007, the Harry Ransom Center has evolved into a world-renowned cultural institution. The Ransom Center houses the Gutenberg Bible (ca. 1455), the First Photograph (ca. 1826), film archives of David O. Selznick and Robert De Niro, paintings by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and major manuscript collections of James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Tennessee Williams, and Norman Mailer, to name but a few of its treasures. The Center presents numerous public exhibitions and events featuring materials from its rich holdings and is used extensively for research by students and scholars from around the world.Location: Harry Ransom Center 21st and Guadalupe P.O. Box 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 Telephone: 512.471.8944 Fax: 512.471.9646Directions: The Center is located at the NE corner of 21st and Guadalupe on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. To find where the Center is situated on the UT campus, see the <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/areas/tower.html">UT Tower Area Map</a>.Click here to access <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/visitors/visiting.html">The University of Texas at Austin's visitor information page</a> that includes maps, accessibility information, driving/flying directions, and links to general Austin information as well as accommodation information.Hours:<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tbody><tr><td>Ransom Center Galleries</td><td>10:00-5:00 Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10:00-7:00 Thursday Noon-5:00 Saturday and SundayThe Ransom Center Galleries are closed Mondays and the following holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.</td></tr><tr><td>Library Reading/Viewing Rooms</td><td>9:00-5:00 Monday-Friday 9:00-12:00 Saturday</td></tr><tr><td>Administrative Offices</td><td>8:00-5:00 (closed Noon-1:00) Monday-Friday Central Standard Time</td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#fff3cb">The Library Reading Room/Viewing Room will be closed on these dates:<ul style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal"><li>May 19 - 28, 2007 </li><li>July 4, 2007 </li><li>August 18 - 26, 2007 </li><li>September 3, 2007 </li><li>November 22 - 25, 2007 </li><li>December 22, 2007 - January 2, 2008 </li><li>January 5, 2008 </li><li>January 12, 2008 </li><li>January 21, 2008 </li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h2>Parking: </h2>Limited street parking is available in the neighborhood west of Guadalupe Street. Paid parking is available in the Dobie Center parking garage on the corner of 21st and Whitis and in lots just east and south of Dobie Center. <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/maps/">Click here</a> to see maps for UT parking areas and shuttle service routes. <a href="http://www.capmetro.org/">Capital Metro</a> offers several bus routes that run near the Ransom Center, including 1M, 1L, and the Orange and Red Dillos.Admission: Free and open to the public.<a href="http://www.utdirect.utexas.edu/txshop/list.WBX?component=0&application_name=HRRANSOM"><h2>Harry Ransom Center Online Store</h2></a>Browse a diverse selection of books, exhibition catalogs, and other publications of the Center. http://do512.com/venue/harry-ransom-center http://do512.com/venue/harry-ransom-center.xml

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Austin TX 78712 harryransomcenter http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/129927/1_poster.jpg 92103 Frida Kahlo's Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird The Ransom Center celebrates the homecoming of one of its most famous and frequently borrowed art works, the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940). Since 1990 the painting has been on almost continuous loan, featured in exhibitions at 28 museums in the U. S. and around the world, including Australia, Canada, France, and Spain. Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) taught herself how to paint after she was severely injured in a bus accident at the age of 18. For Kahlo, painting became an act of cathartic ritual and her symbolic images portray a cycle of pain, death, and rebirth. Kahlo's affair in New York City with her friend, the photographer Nickolas Muray (American, b. Hungary, 1892-1965), and subsequent divorce from the artist Diego Rivera left her heartbroken and lonely, but she produced some of her most powerful and compelling self-portraits during this time period. Muray purchased the Center's self-portrait from Kahlo to help her during a difficult financial period. It is part of the Nickolas Muray collection of more than 100 works of art, which was acquired by the Center in 1966. http://do512.com/event/2009/05/05/frida-kahlos-self-portrait-with-thorn-necklace-and-hummingbird http://do512.com/event/2009/05/05/frida-kahlos-self-portrait-with-thorn-necklace-and-hummingbird.xml Tuesday 05/05/09 20090505T150000Z/20090505T150000Z false 0 5.0 10:00 AM Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 -0500 1 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/232284/Frida_Kahlo_Self_PortraitKUT_sq_90.jpg Harry Ransom Center http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/232284/Frida_Kahlo_Self_PortraitKUT.jpg 102242 From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe <h3 style="text-align: center;">From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe September 8, 2009 - January 3, 2010</h3> Experience the enduring influence of Edgar Allan Poe in this comprehensive exhibition about the great American poet, critic, and inventor of the detective story. Commemorating the bicentennial of Poe's birth, this exhibition draws upon the extensive holdings of the Ransom Center and the University of Virginia to explore Poe's works, his relationships and mysterious death, and his literary reputation. Highlights include letters from and about the author, Poe's writing desk, original illustrations, and manuscripts of such works as "The Bells" and "The Raven." <a href="http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2009/poe/">More information about the exhibition and media contacts</a>   The Ransom Center Galleries are open Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended Thursday hours until 7 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays the galleries are open from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays.   http://do512.com/event/2009/09/08/from-out-that-shadow-the-life-and-legacy-of-edgar-allan-poe http://do512.com/event/2009/09/08/from-out-that-shadow-the-life-and-legacy-of-edgar-allan-poe.xml Tuesday 09/08/09 20090908T150000Z/20090908T150000Z 0 1.0 10:00 AM Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 1 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283281/2009_poe_sq_90.jpg Harry Ransom Center http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283281/2009_poe.jpg 102243 Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works <h3 class="boxed" style="text-align: center;">Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works September 8, 2009 - January 3, 2010</h3> Discover "other worlds" and the changing notions of the solar system, the moon, and the planets over the centuries. In conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, this exhibition, drawn exclusively from the Center's collections, showcases important astronomical discoveries of the last 500 years. Highlights include the Coronelli celestial globe (1688); Copernicus's De Revolutionibus (1543); first editions of works by Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton; and the first map of the moon.   <a href="http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2009/astronomical/">More information about the exhibition and media contacts</a> "Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works" can be seen at the Ransom Center on Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended Thursday hours to 7 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays the galleries are open from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays. http://do512.com/event/2009/09/08/other-worlds-rare-astronomical-works http://do512.com/event/2009/09/08/other-worlds-rare-astronomical-works.xml Tuesday 09/08/09 20090908T150000Z/20090908T150000Z 0 2.0 10:00 AM Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 2 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283287/2009_astronomical_sq_90.jpg Harry Ransom Center http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283287/2009_astronomical.jpg 102786 Other Worlds Film Series: “Forbidden Planet"     The Other Worlds Film Series continues at the Harry Ransom Center with Forbidden Planet (1956) on Monday, November 23, at 7 p.m. Starring Leslie Nielsen and Walter Pidgeon and directed by Fred M. Wilcox, this science-fiction classic tells the story of a crew sent to investigate the sudden silence of a scientist colony on another planet, only to find two survivors and a dangerous secret. Seating is free, but limited. WATCH TRAILER for film. This screening complements the Ransom Center's exhibition Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works. Discover “other worlds” and the changing notions of the solar system, the moon, and the planets over the centuries. In conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, this exhibition, drawn from the Center’s collections, showcases important astronomical discoveries of the last 500 years. The exhibition is on display through January 3, 2010. Mark your calendar for the final screening in the series: Stardust (2007) on December 7.   http://do512.com/event/2009/11/23/other-worlds-film-series-“forbidden-planet http://do512.com/event/2009/11/23/other-worlds-film-series-“forbidden-planet.xml Monday 11/23/09 20091124T010000Z/20091124T010000Z false 0 0.0 07:00 PM Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600 0 MON http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/285975/ForbiddenPlanetKUT_sq_90.jpg Harry Ransom Center http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/285975/ForbiddenPlanetKUT.jpg 106119 “Making Sense of Hard Times: How the Arts Helped Americans through the Great Depression”     For the 2009 Stanley Burnshaw Lecture, author Morris Dickstein presents “Making Sense of Hard Times: How the Arts Helped Americans through the Great Depression” on Thursday, December 3, at 7 p.m. at the Harry Ransom Center. A book signing follows. What is the role of the arts in hard times, such as the Great Depression or the current recession? How do they help people deal with both social problems and their own private fears? Using examples from literature, film, music, and photography, Dickstein explores how artists and popular entertainers of the 1930s helped the nation understand and survive an unprecedented social crisis. Dickstein is a Distinguished Professor of English at Queens College and at the Graduate Center, where he is also a senior fellow of the Center for the Humanities. His books include Gates of Eden: American Culture in the Sixties (1977, 1997), a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism; Double Agent: The Critic and Society (1992); and Leopards in the Temple: The Transformation of American Fiction, 1945-1970 (2002). Dickstein is a contributing editor of Partisan Review and has published many essays and reviews in The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, The Nation, the Times Literary Supplement, The American Scholar, and other major periodicals.   http://do512.com/event/2009/12/03/“making-sense-of-hard-times-how-the-arts-helped-americans-through-the-great-depression” http://do512.com/event/2009/12/03/“making-sense-of-hard-times-how-the-arts-helped-americans-through-the-great-depression”.xml Thursday 12/03/09 20091204T010000Z/20091204T010000Z false 0 0.0 07:00 PM Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0600 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0600 0 THU http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/302379/MorrisDicksteinKUT_sq_90.jpg Harry Ransom Center http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/302379/MorrisDicksteinKUT.jpg 106197 "Making Sense of Hard Times: How the Arts Helped Americans through the Great Depression" . What is the role of the arts in hard times, such as the Great Depression or the current recession? How do they help people deal with both social problems and their own private fears? Using examples from literature, film, music, and photography, Dickstein explores how artists and popular entertainers of the 1930s helped the nation understand and survive an unprecedented social crisis. Dickstein is a Distinguished Professor of English at Queens College and at the Graduate Center, where he is also a senior fellow of the Center for the Humanities. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/03/making-sense-of-hard-times http://do512.com/event/2009/12/03/making-sense-of-hard-times.xml Thursday 12/03/09 20091204T010000Z/20091204T010000Z 0 0.0 07:00 PM Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0600 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0600 0 THU http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/303243/1203_sq_90.png Harry Ransom Center http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/303243/1203.png 103027 Other Worlds Film Series: Stardust Stardust tells the story of Tristan, who ventures into a magical kingdom to retrieve a fallen star for his beloved, only to find he's one of many who seek the star. This screening complements the Ransom Center's exhibition Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works. Discover 'other worlds' and the changing notions of the solar system, the moon, and the planets over the centuries. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/07/other-worlds-film-series-stardust http://do512.com/event/2009/12/07/other-worlds-film-series-stardust.xml Monday 12/07/09 /20091208 false 0 0.0 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 0 MON Harry Ransom Center

102972 Other Worlds Film Series: “Stardust"    The Other Worlds Film Series concludes at the Harry Ransom Center with Stardust (2007) on Monday, December 7, at 7 p.m. Stardust tells the story of Tristan, who ventures into a magical kingdom to retrieve a fallen star for his beloved, only to find he's one of many who seek the star. Directed by Matthew Vaughn, the film stars Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ricky Gervais, Rupert Everett, and Robert De Niro, whose archive is housed at the Ransom Center. Seating is free, but limited. WATCH TRAILER for film. This screening complements the Ransom Center's exhibition Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works. Discover “other worlds” and the changing notions of the solar system, the moon, and the planets over the centuries. In conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, this exhibition, drawn from the Center’s collections, showcases important astronomical discoveries of the last 500 years. The exhibition is on display through January 3, 2010.   http://do512.com/event/2009/12/07/other-worlds-film-series-“stardust http://do512.com/event/2009/12/07/other-worlds-film-series-“stardust.xml Monday 12/07/09 20091208T010000Z/20091208T010000Z false 0 0.0 07:00 PM Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0600 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0600 0 MON http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/286551/StardustKUT_sq_90.jpg Harry Ransom Center http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/286551/StardustKUT.jpg 106520 Curators' Tour of From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe Exhibition co-curators Richard Oram and Molly Schwartzburg lead a gallery tour of <a href="http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2009/poe/">From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe</a> on Thursday, December 10, at 7 p.m. Experience the enduring influence of Edgar Allan Poe in this exhibition about the great American poet, critic, and inventor of the detective story. Commemorating the bicentennial of Poe's birth, this exhibition draws upon the holdings of the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Virginia to explore Poe's works, his relationships and mysterious death, and his literary reputation. If you can't attend the curators' tour, free docent-led tours of the current Poe and Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works exhibitions are offered Tuesdays at noon and Saturdays at 2 p.m. The exhibitions are on display through January 3, 2010. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/10/curators-tour-of-from-out-that-shadow-the-life-and-legacy-of-edgar-allan-poe http://do512.com/event/2009/12/10/curators-tour-of-from-out-that-shadow-the-life-and-legacy-of-edgar-allan-poe.xml Thursday 12/10/09 20091211T010000Z/20091211T010000Z false 0 0.0 07:00 PM Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0600 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0600 0 THU http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/304908/poe_sq_90.png Harry Ransom Center http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/304908/poe.png