Harry Ransom Center
The Harry Ransom Center advances the study of the arts and humanities by acquiring, preserving, and making accessible original cultural materials. With extensive collections of rare books, manuscripts, photography, film, art, and
the performing arts, the Center supports research through symposia and fellowships and provides education and enrichment for scholars, students, and the public through exhibitions and programs. Learn More
Ransom Center acquires
rare Plantin Polyglot Bible
Identified as the Center's most important rare book acquisition in the past two decades, the rare Plantin Polyglot Bible contains parallel texts in Hebrew, Greek, Syriac and Aramaic with translations and commentary in Latin.
Watch video from
The Mike Wallace Interview
Watch broadcast journalist Mike Wallace's interviews from the television program The Mike Wallace Interview. Wallace donated the show's footage on 16mm kinescope to the Ransom Center in the early 1960s. Most episodes have not been seen since they aired.
Ransom Center acquires
archive of writer Jim Crace
The acquisition includes all of Crace's manuscripts, not just of his novels but of stories, plays and essays, including the acclaimed works Continent, Arcadia, Quarantine, Being Dead, and The Pesthouse.
