Explore our work and help preserve a legacy. Forever is a very long time. The Ransom Center's exceptional collections require ongoing preservation management to ensure that they remain available for ...

The Harry Ransom Center's Materials Use Policy balances the needs of researchers, the exclusive rights of copyright holders, and the Center's own rights and responsibilities toward its collections.

The Center charges for reproduction, and for some publications and uses, on a partial cost-recovery basis. Fees offset a small portion of the Center's costs associated with processing, preserving, and ...

Take a Closer Look at Thomas Hart Benton's Homeward Bound (The Race) ...

The collection of 3,421 items was donated in 1969 by New York rare book dealer Hans P. Kraus. It consists primarily of texts of Italian opera, but also includes Italian cantatas, serenatas, oratorios, ...

Arrive with curiosity. Leave with inspiration. Take your mind on an adventure. The Ransom Center is an internationally renowned humanities research center at The University of Texas at Austin. Our ...

Human sexuality and gender identity have long been a point of fixation for law-making cultures. Contrary to a linear understanding of progress, sexuality and gender both have rich, complex, and ...

The invention of photography was announced simultaneously in France and England in 1839, dazzling the public and sending waves of excitement around the world. These astonishing breakthroughs depended ...

The Ransom Center's performing arts collections document a wide variety of performance genres, particularly from the United Kingdom and America. The collections feature holdings in theatre, dance, ...

There are a variety of tools and techniques for searching Ransom Center collections. Scroll down for access to more specialized databases and research guides. Please note that some of our collections ...

Visitors to the Ransom Center have the opportunity to view one of Frida Kahlo's most iconic paintings: an untitled self-portrait known as Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird. The ...