Harry Huntt RansomPapers 1930-1990

Ernst, Morris L. (Morris Leopold), 1888-1976

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Morris Ernst (August 23, 1888 – May 21, 1976) was an American lawyer and prominent attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In public life, he defended and asserted the rights of Americans to privacy and freedom from censorship, playing a significant role in challenging and overcoming the banning of certain works of literature (including James Joyce's Ulysses and Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness) and in asserting the right of media employees to organise labor unions. He als...

Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980

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Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) was one of the most brilliant practitioners of the art of the short story. Her literary reputation rests on the stories in her Collected Stories (1964) rather than on her best-selling novel Ship of Fools (1962). Born Callie Russell Porter on May 15, 1890, she was the fourth of Harrison and Mary Alice Porter's five children. When her mother died in March 1892, her father moved the four surviving children from his farm in the central Texas community ...

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Porter, Katherine Ann, 1894-

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Minter, Merton.

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Erwin, Frank Craig

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Bran, James P.

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Maguire, Jack Russell.

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Winfrey, Dorman H.

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Todd, William B. (William Burton)

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Nixon, Pat Ireland, 1883-1965

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San Antonio physician, book collector, and medical historian. Dr. Nixon was the sole author of three books devoted to Texas medicine and was co-author of a fourth. He was founder of the San Antonio Historical Association and served terms as president of the Bexar County Medical Library Association, Texas Surgical Society, San Antonio Ex-Students Society of Texas, San Antonio Historical Association, and the Philosophical Society of Texas. Because of Dr. Nixon's efforts, the Bexar County Medical L...

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 Ra...

Boner, Charles P.

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Smiley, Joseph Royall.

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Ratchford, Fannie Elizabeth, 1888-

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American librarian and author. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : Austin, Texas, to Mrs. H.H. Bonnell, 1955 July 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616322 Fanny Ratchford was associated with the rare book libraries of the University of Texas from 1919 until her retirement in 1957, and especially with the John Henry Wrenn Library. The Wrenn collection includes nearly 100 examples of Thomas J. Wise's spurious 19th century pamphlets. John Carter exposed thes...

Allen, Winnie.

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Burdine, J. Alton (John Alton), 1905-

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Hudspeth, Frances H.

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Holland, Baxter F.

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Neal, Joe W. (Joe West), 1916-

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Tinkle, Lon.

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Dannay, Frederic.

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Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-1981

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Educator & librarian. He was Director of the Historical Records Survey, Director of the Legislative Reference Service at the Library of Congress, Librarian of Congress from 1945 to 1953, Director General of UNESCO, and Director of the international and legal collections at the Columbia University Libraries, 1962-1971. From the guide to the Luther Evans Papers, 1952-1970, (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Librarian of Congress. ...

Giroux, Robert.

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Wilson, Logan, 1907-

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Eckhardt, Carl J. (Carl John), 1902-

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Carl J. Eckhardt was born October 28, 1902, in Yorktown, Texas. He studied mechanical engineering and earned a bachelor of science (1925) and a master of science (1930), both from the University of Texas at Austin. Eckhardt taught mechanical engineering at UT from 1926 until his retirement in 1973. He was also a noted expert on the history of the University of Texas, writing six books on the history of the university. In 1958, Eckhardt reassembled the famed Santa Rita No. 1 oil rig on the Austin...

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 Ra...

Nowotny, Arnold.

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