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Harry Ransom Center

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Considered one of the world's finest cultural archives, the Harry Ransom Center houses 30 million literary manuscripts, 1 million rare books, 5 million photographs, and over 100,000 visual artworks. Highlights include the Gutenberg Bible and the world's first photograph. The Center is used extensively for research and presents numerous exhibitions and events each year showcasing its collections.

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    Harry Ransom Center

    300 West 21st Street
    Austin, TX 78712

    Phone: (512)471-8944   |   Fax: (512)471-9646   |   Official Website

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  • • Current Events

      02/28/12- 07/29/12

      “The King James Bible: Its History and Influence” Harry Ransom Center “The King James Bible: Its History and Influence” Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center February 28-July 29, 2012 “Kings & Creators” Opening Reception on March 2 Four hundred years after its first printing, the King James translation of the Bible remains a vital work whose language permeates contemporary music, literature, and everyday speech. The exhibition tells the little-known story of one of the most widely read and printed books in the history of the English language. Materials from the Ransom Center and Folger Shakespeare Library combine to provide a compelling...

  • • Upcoming Events

      06/07/12	Biblical Film Series: The Ten Commandments (1923) Harry Ransom Center Biblical Film Series: The Ten Commandments (1923) Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center June 7, 2012 The Harry Ransom Center kicks off the Biblical Film Series with Cecil B. DeMille’s first film version of The Ten Commandments (1923) on Thursday, June 7, at 7 p.m. The first part of the film tells the biblical story of Moses (Theodore Roberts) leading the Hebrew people from Egypt to the Promised Land. The second part, a moral parable set the 1920s, tells of two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary (Leatrice Joy), who come into conflict when John (Richard Dix) discovers...
      06/21/12	Biblical Film Series: The Ten Commandments (1956) Harry Ransom Center Biblical Film Series: The Ten Commandments (1956) Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center June 21, 2012 The Biblical Film Series continues at the Harry Ransom Center with Cecil B. DeMille’s epic The Ten Commandments (1956), starring Charlton Heston, on Thursday, June 21, at 6 p.m. Please note the early start time due to the film’s 220-minute length. The film tells the story of the Egyptian prince Moses (Heston), who learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from bondage under his adoptive brother Pharaoh Ramses II...
      07/12/12	Biblical Film Series: Samson and Delilah Harry Ransom Center Biblical Film Series: Samson and Delilah Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center July 12, 2012 The Biblical Film Series continues at the Harry Ransom Center with Cecil B. DeMille’s Samson and Delilah (1949), starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature, on Thursday, July 12, at 7 p.m. Based on the Biblical account found in the Book of Judges, this film tells the story of Samson (Mature), the strongest man in the tribe of Dan. After a confrontation takes the life of Samson's betrothed, Semadar (Angela Lansbury), her sister Delilah (Lamarr) vows to avenge her by seducing...
      07/26/12	Biblical Film Series: Solomon and Sheba Harry Ransom Center Biblical Film Series: Solomon and Sheba Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center July 26, 2012 The Biblical Film Series concludes at the Harry Ransom Center with King Vidor's Solomon and Sheba (1959), starring Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida, on Thursday, July 26, at 7 p.m. In this non-canonical retelling of the Biblical account, King David names his younger son Solomon (Brynner) successor ahead of his older son Adonijah (George Sanders). Solomon falls in love with the Queen of Sheba (Lollobrigida), who, unbeknownst to him, has allied herself with the Pharaoh of Egypt,...
      11/01/12- 11/03/12	Visions of the future Harry Ransom Center Visions of the future Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center November 1-November 3, 2012 The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin presents the tenth biennial Fleur Cowles Flair Symposium, “Visions of the Future.” In conjunction with the exhibition “I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America,” the Ransom Center will bring together historians, architects, industrial designers, and visionaries in the fields of science fiction, film, theater, and future studies to explore the ways the future has been imagined over time.
      11/01/12- 11/03/12	Visions of the Future: 2012 Fleur Cowles Flair Symposium Harry Ransom Center Visions of the Future: 2012 Fleur Cowles Flair Symposium Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center November 1-November 3, 2012 In conjunction with the exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America, the Harry Ransom Center will bring together historians, architects, industrial designers, and visionaries in the fields of science fiction, film, theater, and future studies to explore the ways the future has been imagined over time. Panelists will discuss the guiding principles of designers of the twentieth century and today, creative works that have inspired their visions of the future,...

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• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    02/28/12- 07/29/12

    “The King James Bible: Its History and Influence” Harry Ransom Center “The King James Bible: Its History and Influence” Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center February 28-July 29, 2012 “Kings & Creators” Opening Reception on March 2 Four hundred years after its first printing, the King James translation of the Bible remains a vital work whose language permeates contemporary music, literature, and everyday speech. The exhibition tells the little-known story of one of the most widely read and printed books in the history of the English language. Materials from the Ransom Center and Folger Shakespeare Library combine to provide a compelling...

  • Upcoming Events

    06/07/12	Biblical Film Series: The Ten Commandments (1923) Harry Ransom Center Biblical Film Series: The Ten Commandments (1923) Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center June 7, 2012 The Harry Ransom Center kicks off the Biblical Film Series with Cecil B. DeMille’s first film version of The Ten Commandments (1923) on Thursday, June 7, at 7 p.m. The first part of the film tells the biblical story of Moses (Theodore Roberts) leading the Hebrew people from Egypt to the Promised Land. The second part, a moral parable set the 1920s, tells of two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary (Leatrice Joy), who come into conflict when John (Richard Dix) discovers...
    06/21/12	Biblical Film Series: The Ten Commandments (1956) Harry Ransom Center Biblical Film Series: The Ten Commandments (1956) Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center June 21, 2012 The Biblical Film Series continues at the Harry Ransom Center with Cecil B. DeMille’s epic The Ten Commandments (1956), starring Charlton Heston, on Thursday, June 21, at 6 p.m. Please note the early start time due to the film’s 220-minute length. The film tells the story of the Egyptian prince Moses (Heston), who learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from bondage under his adoptive brother Pharaoh Ramses II...
    07/12/12	Biblical Film Series: Samson and Delilah Harry Ransom Center Biblical Film Series: Samson and Delilah Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center July 12, 2012 The Biblical Film Series continues at the Harry Ransom Center with Cecil B. DeMille’s Samson and Delilah (1949), starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature, on Thursday, July 12, at 7 p.m. Based on the Biblical account found in the Book of Judges, this film tells the story of Samson (Mature), the strongest man in the tribe of Dan. After a confrontation takes the life of Samson's betrothed, Semadar (Angela Lansbury), her sister Delilah (Lamarr) vows to avenge her by seducing...
    07/26/12	Biblical Film Series: Solomon and Sheba Harry Ransom Center Biblical Film Series: Solomon and Sheba Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center July 26, 2012 The Biblical Film Series concludes at the Harry Ransom Center with King Vidor's Solomon and Sheba (1959), starring Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida, on Thursday, July 26, at 7 p.m. In this non-canonical retelling of the Biblical account, King David names his younger son Solomon (Brynner) successor ahead of his older son Adonijah (George Sanders). Solomon falls in love with the Queen of Sheba (Lollobrigida), who, unbeknownst to him, has allied herself with the Pharaoh of Egypt,...
    11/01/12- 11/03/12	Visions of the future Harry Ransom Center Visions of the future Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center November 1-November 3, 2012 The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin presents the tenth biennial Fleur Cowles Flair Symposium, “Visions of the Future.” In conjunction with the exhibition “I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America,” the Ransom Center will bring together historians, architects, industrial designers, and visionaries in the fields of science fiction, film, theater, and future studies to explore the ways the future has been imagined over time.
    11/01/12- 11/03/12	Visions of the Future: 2012 Fleur Cowles Flair Symposium Harry Ransom Center Visions of the Future: 2012 Fleur Cowles Flair Symposium Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center November 1-November 3, 2012 In conjunction with the exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America, the Harry Ransom Center will bring together historians, architects, industrial designers, and visionaries in the fields of science fiction, film, theater, and future studies to explore the ways the future has been imagined over time. Panelists will discuss the guiding principles of designers of the twentieth century and today, creative works that have inspired their visions of the future,...

• Past
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  • Past Events

    05/03/12	Curators' Tour of The King James Bible: Its History and Influence Harry Ransom Center
    05/02/12- 05/03/12	Singers and Songwriters Harry Ransom Center
    05/02/12	Poetry on the Plaza: Singers and Songwriters Harry Ransom Center
    04/26/12	"Manifold Greatness: The Making of the King James Bible" Harry Ransom Center
    04/19/12	An Evening with Tom Smith Harry Ransom Center
    04/14/12	Austin’s Cultural Campus Concert Crawl Harry Ransom Center
    04/05/12	"Everything and More: A Conversation About David Foster Wallace" Harry Ransom Center
    03/29/12	Curators' Tour of The King James Bible: Its History and Influence Harry Ransom Center
    03/02/12	“KINGS & CREATORS” AT THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER Harry Ransom Center
    02/22/12	Poetry on the Plaza: Translation Harry Ransom Center
    02/01/12	Poetry on the Plaza: Love Harry Ransom Center
    12/01/11	Curator's Tour: Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored Harry Ransom Center
    11/30/11	Poetry on the Plaza: Winter Harry Ransom Center
    11/21/11	Music from the Collections: Façade Harry Ransom Center
    11/17/11	The Future of Independent Bookselling: The View from Austin Harry Ransom Center
    11/03/11	A “Smut” Sampler: A Light-Hearted Reading of Selections from Some Notorious Banned Books Harry Ransom Center
    11/02/11	Poetry on the Plaza: Bohemian Rhapsodies: Poems of Greenwich Village Harry Ransom Center
    10/27/11	Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird Harry Ransom Center
    10/13/11	Ulysses "Seen" Harry Ransom Center
    10/06/11	Curator's Tour: The Greenwich Village Bookshop Door: A Portal to Bohemia, 1920–1925 Harry Ransom Center
    09/29/11	“The Importance of Being Morris L. Ernst—The Man Who Took on the Censors and Freed 'Ulysses'” Harry Ransom Center
    09/28/11	Poetry on the Plaza: "Actors from the London Stage" Harry Ransom Center
    09/27/11	Curator's tour: "Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored" Harry Ransom Center
    09/25/11	Austin Museum Day Harry Ransom Center
    09/15/11	"African American Poetry: Past, Present, and Future" Harry Ransom Center
    09/14/11	Poetry on the Plaza: Harry Ransom Center
    09/09/11	Uncensored Harry Ransom Center
    09/06/11- 01/22/12	The Greenwich Village Bookshop Door: Browsing in Bohemia, 1920–1925 Harry Ransom Center
    09/06/11- 01/22/12	Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored Harry Ransom Center
    07/21/11	Tennessee Williams Film Series: Sweet Bird of Youth Harry Ransom Center
    07/07/11	Tennessee Williams Film Series: Baby Doll Harry Ransom Center
    06/23/11	Tennessee Williams Film Series: Cat on Hot Tin Roof Harry Ransom Center
    06/09/11	Tennessee Williams Film Series: A Streetcar Named Desire Harry Ransom Center
    05/04/11	Poetry on the Plaza: Singers and Songwriters Harry Ransom Center
    04/25/11	Harry Ransom Lecture: United States Poet Laureate W. S. Merwin Harry Ransom Center
    04/07/11	“Tennessee Transforming: Endings for Summer and Smoke” Harry Ransom Center
    03/31/11	“Humanists with Dirty Fingers: Correctors in the Renaissance Printing House” Harry Ransom Center
    03/26/11	Gallery Tours: Take a Tour to Celebrate Tennessee Williams’s 100th Birthday Harry Ransom Center
    03/24/11	Curator's Tour: Becoming Tennessee Williams Harry Ransom Center
    03/02/11	Poetry on the Plaza: Culture Unbound Harry Ransom Center
    02/24/11	"The Thrill of the Chase" Harry Ransom Center
    02/15/11	Curator's Tour of Culture Unbound: "Collecting in the Twenty-First Century" Harry Ransom Center
    02/10/11	Curator's Tour: "Becoming Tennessee Williams" Harry Ransom Center
    02/04/11	Harry Ransom Center hosts "Wild at Heart" Harry Ransom Center
    02/02/11	Poetry on the Plaza: "Tennessee Williams" Harry Ransom Center
    02/01/11- 07/31/11	Becoming Tennessee Williams Harry Ransom Center
    02/01/11- 07/31/11	Culture Unbound: Collecting in the Twenty-First Century Harry Ransom Center
    12/07/10	Curator's Tour of Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection Harry Ransom Center
    12/02/10	“Winston Churchill’s Public Library” Harry Ransom Center
    12/01/10	Poetry on the Plaza: Harmonica Bob: The Poetry of Bob Dylan Harry Ransom Center
    11/11/10	“Proust, Paintings, and the Making of À la recherche du temps perdu” Harry Ransom Center
    11/04/10	"Early Inventors of Photography" Harry Ransom Center
    10/28/10	“Civility in a Fractured Society” Harry Ransom Center
    10/19/10	"The Lives and Work of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim" Harry Ransom Center
    10/14/10	A Conversation with Charles R. Larson Harry Ransom Center
    09/29/10	Poetry on the Plaza: "Actors from the London Stage: Greece is the Word" Harry Ransom Center
    09/16/10	Curator's Tour of "Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection" Harry Ransom Center
    09/14/10	Consider the Archive: An Evening of David Foster Wallace Harry Ransom Center
    09/10/10	Picture Perfect Evening Harry Ransom Center
    09/07/10- 01/02/11	Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection Harry Ransom Center
    07/29/10	Austin Film Meet Field Trip: Special Guided Tour of the MAKING MOVIES exhibit Harry Ransom Center
    07/22/10	Making Movies Film Series:Casino Harry Ransom Center
    07/15/10	Making Movies Film Series:Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Harry Ransom Center
    07/08/10	Making Movies Film Series:Detour Harry Ransom Center
    06/24/10	Making Movies Film Series:North by Northwest Harry Ransom Center
    06/17/10	Making Movies Film Series:Black Narcissus Harry Ransom Center
    06/10/10	Making Movies Film Series:Duel in the Sun Harry Ransom Center
    05/06/10- 05/27/10	Mexican Revolution Films of 70s Harry Ransom Center
    05/05/10	Poetry on the Plaza: Cinco de Mayo Harry Ransom Center
    04/29/10	Film: Another Glorious Day Harry Ransom Center
    04/27/10	Reading:Peter Carey Harry Ransom Center
    04/21/10	Poetry on the Plaza: Water, Air, Earth, and Fire Harry Ransom Center
    04/20/10	Reading: Angella Nazarian Harry Ransom Center
    04/12/10	Film: Peter Matthiessen Harry Ransom Center
    04/08/10	Reading: Ian Sinclair Harry Ransom Center
    04/07/10	Poetry on the Plaza: Spring into Love Harry Ransom Center
    03/25/10	Curator's Tour of Making Movies Harry Ransom Center
    03/04/10	Lecture: Patrick Keating Harry Ransom Center
    03/03/10	Poetry on the Plaza: The Poetry of Africa Harry Ransom Center
    03/02/10	Reading: John Banville Harry Ransom Center
    02/26/10	A Tribute to J. D. Salinger Harry Ransom Center
    02/25/10	Lecture: Sarah Greenough Harry Ransom Center
    02/22/10	Bill Hobby Harry Ransom Center
    02/18/10	Music from the Collections: Michael Schneider Harry Ransom Center
    02/16/10	Curator's Tour of Making Movies Harry Ransom Center
    02/12/10	Making Movies Red Carpet Event Harry Ransom Center
    02/11/10	Discussion with Charles R. Larson Harry Ransom Center
    02/09/10- 08/01/10	¡Viva! Mexico's Independence Harry Ransom Center
    02/09/10- 08/01/10	Making Movies Harry Ransom Center
    02/03/10	Poetry on the Plaza: A Poet Walks into a Movie Harry Ransom Center
    12/10/09	Curators' Tour of From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe Harry Ransom Center
    12/07/09	Other Worlds Film Series: Stardust Harry Ransom Center
    12/03/09	Making Sense of Hard Times Harry Ransom Center
    11/23/09	Other Worlds Film Series: Forbidden Planet Harry Ransom Center
    11/12/09	Harry Ransom Lecture: James Fenton Harry Ransom Center
    11/09/09	Other Worlds Film Series: A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune) Harry Ransom Center
    11/05/09	Frances Kiernan on Biography: One Biographer and Two Very Different Women Harry Ransom Center
    11/05/09	Other Worlds Tour: Rare Astronomical Works Harry Ransom Center
    11/04/09	Poetry on the Plaza: Harry Ransom Center
    10/29/09	Harry Ransom Performance Harry Ransom Center

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