December 21, 2012, Filed Under: Film“On the Road” actors used audio recordings from Ransom Center’s collections to prepare for roles The film On the Road, an adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s acclaimed novel of the same name, opens in theaters today. The Ransom Center holds a number of items related to the lives and works of the “Beat Generation” artists, including a journal Kerouac kept from 1948 to 1949 while preparing… read more
December 20, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsThree degrees of separation: Industrial designers find inspiration with Norman Bel Geddes Scott Lauffer, an Industrial Design Director at Dell’s Enterprise Product Group, recently visited the exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America with a group of colleagues, primarily industrial designers and engineers. The group takes occasional offsite visits to find inspiration. This is the third visit… read more
December 19, 2012, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFellow discusses Ross Russell collection and Raymond Chandler Judith Freeman, a fellow from the University of Southern California, discusses her research in the Ross Russell archive. Freeman’s focus lies primarily with noir, Raymond Chandler, and Los Angeles, but her time in the collections expanded her interest in jazz. Freeman’s project, “Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles,” was funded by the… read more
