1450-55) and the first (known) photo ever, shot by French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce – stay for whatever exhibitions have been drawn from this University of Texas humanities research ...

Stepping inside the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin is like stepping into a literary time machine, where the magic of children’s stories comes to life in unexpected ways.

For 30 years, the imposing fortresslike façade of UT’s Harry Ransom Center made this repository of cultural artifacts about as inviting to visitors as the Bastille. But after a $14.5 million ...