This is an essay about country music. While the narrative may not initially seem like it’s headed in that direction, trust me, it gets there; after passing through Texas, the story eventually arrives at the hallowed doorstep of contemporary country music: Music Row, Nashville, TN. There, I was welcomed by a clarifying insight not just […]
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Primary Source: Magic, Metal, and Medicine in Leonhard Thurneysser’s Paracelsus
This and other articles in Primary Source: History from the Ransom Center Stacks represent an ongoing partnership between Not Even Past and the Harry Ransom Center, a world-renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Visit the Center’s website to learn more about its collections and get involved. The Harry Ransom Center holds a sammelband of three […]
Papers & Abstracts

The Battles of the Alamo and the Myth of Southern Exceptionalism
This is an essay about country music. While the narrative may not initially seem like it’s headed in that direction, trust me, it gets there; after passing through Texas, the story eventually arrives at the hallowed doorstep of contemporary country music: Music Row, Nashville, TN. There, I was welcomed by a clarifying insight not just […]

Primary Source: Magic, Metal, and Medicine in Leonhard Thurneysser’s Paracelsus
This and other articles in Primary Source: History from the Ransom Center Stacks represent an ongoing partnership between Not Even Past and the Harry Ransom Center, a world-renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Visit the Center’s website to learn more about its collections and get involved. The Harry Ransom Center holds a sammelband of three […]
Videos

The Battles of the Alamo and the Myth of Southern Exceptionalism
This is an essay about country music. While the narrative may not initially seem like it’s headed in that direction, trust me, it gets there; after passing through Texas, the story eventually arrives at the hallowed doorstep of contemporary country music: Music Row, Nashville, TN. There, I was welcomed by a clarifying insight not just […]

Primary Source: Magic, Metal, and Medicine in Leonhard Thurneysser’s Paracelsus
This and other articles in Primary Source: History from the Ransom Center Stacks represent an ongoing partnership between Not Even Past and the Harry Ransom Center, a world-renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Visit the Center’s website to learn more about its collections and get involved. The Harry Ransom Center holds a sammelband of three […]
Honors & Awards

The Battles of the Alamo and the Myth of Southern Exceptionalism
This is an essay about country music. While the narrative may not initially seem like it’s headed in that direction, trust me, it gets there; after passing through Texas, the story eventually arrives at the hallowed doorstep of contemporary country music: Music Row, Nashville, TN. There, I was welcomed by a clarifying insight not just […]

Primary Source: Magic, Metal, and Medicine in Leonhard Thurneysser’s Paracelsus
This and other articles in Primary Source: History from the Ransom Center Stacks represent an ongoing partnership between Not Even Past and the Harry Ransom Center, a world-renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Visit the Center’s website to learn more about its collections and get involved. The Harry Ransom Center holds a sammelband of three […]
Websites & Documentaries

The Battles of the Alamo and the Myth of Southern Exceptionalism
This is an essay about country music. While the narrative may not initially seem like it’s headed in that direction, trust me, it gets there; after passing through Texas, the story eventually arrives at the hallowed doorstep of contemporary country music: Music Row, Nashville, TN. There, I was welcomed by a clarifying insight not just […]

Primary Source: Magic, Metal, and Medicine in Leonhard Thurneysser’s Paracelsus
This and other articles in Primary Source: History from the Ransom Center Stacks represent an ongoing partnership between Not Even Past and the Harry Ransom Center, a world-renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Visit the Center’s website to learn more about its collections and get involved. The Harry Ransom Center holds a sammelband of three […]
Making History: Grad Students Speak

The Battles of the Alamo and the Myth of Southern Exceptionalism
This is an essay about country music. While the narrative may not initially seem like it’s headed in that direction, trust me, it gets there; after passing through Texas, the story eventually arrives at the hallowed doorstep of contemporary country music: Music Row, Nashville, TN. There, I was welcomed by a clarifying insight not just […]

Primary Source: Magic, Metal, and Medicine in Leonhard Thurneysser’s Paracelsus
This and other articles in Primary Source: History from the Ransom Center Stacks represent an ongoing partnership between Not Even Past and the Harry Ransom Center, a world-renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Visit the Center’s website to learn more about its collections and get involved. The Harry Ransom Center holds a sammelband of three […]