Ransom, Harry Huntt, 1908-1976

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Harry Huntt Ransom (1908-1976) served as professor, dean, vice president, provost, president, and chancellor (1961-1971) of the University of Texas. A champion of library development, Ransom promoted the concept and construction of UT's Undergraduate Library and Academic Center and of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, a renowned collection which includes rare books, literary manuscripts, and theater arts, film, and photography archives.

From the guide to the Harry Huntt Ransom Papers 73-88; 83-413; 85-302; 86-255; 90-248; 90-323; 92-210; 95-228; 97-146; 98-132; 98-263; 2002-238; 2005-091; 2008-112; 2008-316., 1930-1990, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Harry Huntt Ransom (1908-1976) served as professor, dean, vice-president, provost, president, and chancellor (1961-1971) of the University of Texas.

From the description of Ransom, Harry Huntt, papers, 1930-1967. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23285305

American educator and university administrator.

From the description of Personal papers, 1895-1983, (bulk 1924-1953). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122545963

University chancellor, bibliophile.

From the description of Reminiscences of Harry Huntt Ransom : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122564924

Harry Huntt Ransom, the most significant library builder and educator of the University of Texas' last half century, was born in Galveston on 22 November 1908. From his parents, Harry H. and Marion G. Cunningham Ransom, he early formed habits of public-spiritedness and diligence that characterized his entire life. After graduating from the University of the South in 1928, Harry Ransom received the master's and doctoral degrees in English from Yale. Ransom arrived on the University of Texas campus in 1935 as an instructor in the English Department and continued his association with the university until his death in 1976.

Harry Ransom was made an assistant professor in 1938, and upon his return from military service--he left the Army Air Forces in 1946 with the rank of major--he became an associate professor. Marriage to Hazel Louise Harrod in 1951 and increasingly responsible administrative posts followed, and by 1961 Harry Ransom had been named chancellor of the University of Texas system. He held that post until 1971.

It was during the middle 1950s that Harry Ransom first articulated his desire to "make a good library better." He succeeded in convincing the University's Board of Regents of the need for improved library facilities, leading directly to the 1958 establishment of the Humanities Research Center and, in 1963, to the opening of the Undergraduate Library and Academic Center. The revolution Harry Ransom wrought on the libraries of the UT Austin campus, together with his advocacy of the individual student, are his enduring legacies.

From the guide to the Harry Huntt Ransom Personal Papers TXRC97-A23., 1895-1983, (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)

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referencedIn Henry Cohen papers Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Leach, Walter Barton. W. Barton Leach Papers. 1920-1971. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Cohen, Joseph, 1926-. Papers of Joseph Cohen, 1950-1980. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Cohen, Henry, 1863-1952. Cohen, Henry, personal correspondence, 1850-1951. University of Texas Libraries
creatorOf Ransom, Harry Huntt, 1908-1976. Reminiscences of Harry Huntt Ransom : oral history, 1967. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Robert Lee Sutherland Papers, Sutherland, Robert Lee., 1937-1973 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Whaley, William Gordon, 1914-1982. William Gordon Whaley Papers, 1939-1982. University of Texas Libraries
creatorOf Ransom, Harry Huntt, 1908-1976. Personal papers, 1895-1983, (bulk 1924-1953). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn LEE (RUSSELL) PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION 38850253., 1935-1977 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
creatorOf Harry Huntt Ransom Personal Papers TXRC97-A23., 1895-1983 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn ALDRICH (ROY WILKINSON) PAPERS, AR 83-10., 1858-1955 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
creatorOf Ransom, Harry Huntt, 1908-1976. Ransom, Harry Huntt, papers, 1930-1967. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Biography -- Ransom, Harry H. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
referencedIn Boatwright, Mody. Reminiscences of Mody Boatwright : oral history, 1967. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Director's Office Records: Ernst Bertner and R. Lee Clark. HRC RG1 SG1., 1941-1975 Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
referencedIn William Gordon Whaley Papers AR 87-325., 1939-1982 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Director's Office Records: Ernst Bertner and R. Lee Clark. HRC RG1 SG1., 1941-1975 Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
referencedIn Harry Huntt Ransom Papers 73-88; 83-413; 85-302; 86-255; 90-248; 90-323; 92-210; 95-228; 97-146; 98-132; 98-263; 2002-238; 2005-091; 2008-112; 2008-316., 1930-1990 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
creatorOf Harry Huntt Ransom Papers 73-88; 83-413; 85-302; 86-255; 90-248; 90-323; 92-210; 95-228; 97-146; 98-132; 98-263; 2002-238; 2005-091; 2008-112; 2008-316., 1930-1990 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Lee, Russell, 1903-1986. Lee, Russell, photograph collection, 1935-1977. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Arrowsmith, William, 1924-1992. Reminiscences of William Arrowsmith and Roger W. Shattuck : oral history, 1967. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Davis (Morgan Jones) Papers, 69-59., 1906(1948-1968)1980. University of Texas at Austin, Center for American History
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University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin. College of Arts and Sciences
University of Texas at Austin. General Libraries
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Birth 1908-11-22

Death 1976-04-19

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