Harry Huntt Ransom : : Intellect in Motion / / Alan Gribben.
Both a life story and a portrait of public higher education during the twentieth century, Harry Huntt Ransom captures the spirit of a dynamic individual who dedicated his talents to nurturing intellectual life in Texas and beyond. Tracing the details of Ransom's youth in Galveston and Tennessee...
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Gribben, Alan, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Harry Huntt Ransom : Intellect in Motion / Alan Gribben. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2010] ©2008 1 online resource (378 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Texas, Tennessee, Travels -- 3. The scholar -- 4. The teacher -- 5. The bare fact of war -- 6. Climbing the administrative ladder -- 7. The rare books collection -- 8. The Texas quarterly -- 9. The rare books collection and the academic center -- 10. Vice president and provost -- 11. University President -- 12. The Chancellor -- 13. Cambridge on the range -- 14. A University in transition -- 15. Prerogatives and protests -- 16. A Chancellor’s prophecies -- 17. Staying the course -- 18. “Mr. University” -- 19. Farewells -- 20. Legacies -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Both a life story and a portrait of public higher education during the twentieth century, Harry Huntt Ransom captures the spirit of a dynamic individual who dedicated his talents to nurturing intellectual life in Texas and beyond. Tracing the details of Ransom's youth in Galveston and Tennessee and his education at Yale, where he earned a doctorate, Alan Gribben provides new insight into the factors that shaped Ransom's future as a renowned administrator and defender of the humanities. Ransom's career at the University of Texas began in 1935, when he was hired as an instructor of English. He rose through the ranks to become chancellor, stepping down in 1971 during a volatile period when debates about the University's central mission raged—particularly over the question of commercializing higher education. The development of Ransom's lasting legacy, the Humanities Research Center bearing his name, is explored in depth as well. Bringing to life a legendary figure, Harry Huntt Ransom is a colorful testament to a singular man of letters who had the audacity to propose "that there be established somewhere in Texas—let's say in the capital city—a center of our cultural compass, a research center to be the Bibliothèque Nationale of the only state that started out as an independent nation." Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) Educators United States Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110745344 https://doi.org/10.7560/717046 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292794122 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292794122/original |
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