"Founded in 1957 by its namesake, then-UT Vice President and Provost Harry Huntt Ransom, the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is a wide, creamy-walled building tucked in the lush green area just behind the Calhoun and Homer Rainey halls, between 21st and Guadalupe Streets. From Graham Greene's archives to the Gutenberg Bible, the center rests its solid reputation as one of the country's most notable archival, conservation and research institutions on its vastly ranged and highly notable stock. It is currently home to millions of literary manuscripts, rare books, photographs and works of art."

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