January 2, 2013, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, PhotographyTIME's LightBox lists 'Nathan Lyons: Selected Essays, Lectures, and Interviews' as one of photobooks of the year LightBox, TIME’s photography blog, included the anthology Nathan Lyons: Selected Essays, Lectures, and Interviews (University of Texas Press, 2012) as one of its “2012 photobooks of the year.” Jessica S. McDonald, the Ransom Center’s Nancy Inman and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Curator of Photography, edited the anthology, which provided the first… read more
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
December 18, 2012, Filed Under: Research + TeachingVideo highlights fellow’s work in Transcription Centre archive Samantha Pinto came to the Ransom Center as a fellow from Georgetown University to work on her project “Africa, (Re)Circulated: Cosmopolitan Performances of Mid-Century Modernity.” Pinto’s research, which focuses on the United States’s perception of Africa, involved documents and multimedia components from the Transcription Centre archive. The materials from the… read more
December 17, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsFinal days to see "I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America" The exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America runs through January 6, 2013, and explores the life and career of American stage and industrial designer, futurist, and urban planner Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958). The Ransom Center Galleries are closed Mondays and on Christmas Eve Day, Christmas… read more
