July 23, 2014, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Meet the Staff, Research + TeachingMeet the Staff: Jean Cannon, Literary Collections Research Associate Meet the Staff is a Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. Jean Cannon has been the literary collections research associate at the Ransom Center since March 2012. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Duke University, a Master’s… read more
July 22, 2014, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsRansom Center acquires Jon R. Jewett collection of Elizabeth Hardwick materials The Ransom Center recently acquired a collection of letters and photographs relating to novelist and essayist Elizabeth Hardwick (1916–2007), co-founder of The New York Review of Books and one of the most brilliant literary critics of the late-twentieth century. The newly acquired material complements Elizabeth Hardwick’s archive, which she donated… read more
July 17, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellows Find: Samuel Beckett’s radio plays Pim Verhulst of the University of Antwerp visited the Ransom Center to work with the Samuel Beckett papers, in particular the radio plays and related correspondence. His research, funded by a dissertation fellowship, seeks to bring together all the existing draft versions in a digital space and study the writing… read more
