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Listen to audio clips about the Gernsheim photography collection
Unidentified Photographer. Helmut and Alison Gernsheim hanging an exhibition at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. 1963.Roy Flukinger, Senior Research Curator of Photography at the Ransom...
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View photos of the "Picture Perfect Evening"
An exhibition opening to celebrate 'Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection' for Harry Ransom Center members and guests. The Harry Ransom Center celebrated the opening of its...
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Before and After: A Henry Peach Robinson photograph
Before: Henry Peach Robinson, 'Bringing Home the May,' ca. 1862-1863. Albumen print. After: Henry Peach Robinson, 'Bringing Home the May,' ca. 1862-1863. Albumen print. “Before and After” goes behind...
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Through Lewis Carroll's Looking Glass
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Tonight: "The Lives and Work of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim"
Cover of ‘The Gernsheim Collection’ Tonight, J. B. Colson, Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Fellow of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, and Roy Flukinger, Ransom Center Senior Research...
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Holiday hours at the Ransom Center
The Harry Ransom Center. Photo by Pete Smith. While the Ransom Center will be closed for Thanksgiving Day, the galleries will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, November 26, and from noon to 5...
View ArticleView video of “Gernsheim Plays 20 Questions with George Bernard Shaw”
In this video clip from a 1978 interview, J. B. Colson, Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Fellow of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, asks Helmut Gernsheim about his letter collection...
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Happy Holidays
Some of the thousands of 'Dear Santa' letters received at the General Post Office at Christmastime. December 13, 1955. 'New York Journal American' collection. Cultural Compass will be on hiatus during...
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Photo Friday
Each Friday, the Ransom Center shares photos from throughout the week that highlight a range of activities and collection holdings. We hope you enjoy these photos that reveal some of the everyday...
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"The Gernsheim Collection" Earns Recognition
"The Gernsheim Collection" (UT Press, 2010). [/caption] The Gernsheim Collection, co-published by the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Texas Press, has been awarded an Alfred H. Barr Jr....
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