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Collecting the imagination : the first fifty years of the Ransom Center / edited by Megan Barnard ; introduction by Thomas F. Staley.
- Title
- Collecting the imagination : the first fifty years of the Ransom Center / edited by Megan Barnard ; introduction by Thomas F. Staley.
- Publication
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
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- Additional Authors
- Barnard, Megan, 1978-
- Description
- xxv, 132 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
- Summary
- "This volume celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Harry Ransom Center. Staff members describe the Center's founding, the growth of its collections as part of a thoughtful and deliberate acquisition plan, and its extensive outreach to scholars, students, and the general public. They pay tribute to the leadership of Harry Ransom, who conceived the idea of a research center in the humanities that would be for the state of Texas what the Bibliotheque Nationale is for France. The staff members also tell stories of how individual collections and archives were acquired, as well as some of the controversies and myths that have arisen as a result of the Ransom Center's liberal spending and rapid growth. Photographs of treasures from the Ransom Center and key figures in its history round out this volume."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center imprint series
- Uniform Title
- Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center imprint series.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Beginnings : the Rare Books Collection, 1897-1955 / by John B. Thomas, III -- The birth of an institution : the Humanities Research Center, 1956-1971 / by Cathy Henderson -- Years of consolidation : the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 1972-1988 / by Richard W. Oram -- The expanding mission : the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 1988-present / by Megan Barnard.
- ISBN
- 9780292714892 (alk. paper)
- 0292714890 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2006017544
- OCLC
- 69792026
- SCSB-11370612
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library