March 29, 2012, Filed Under: Film"Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Visual Effects Producer Thomas Smith donates collection Thomas Smith (b. 1938), visual effect producer for such films as Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back (1980) and E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982), has donated his archive to the Ransom Center. Smith was hired by George Lucas as the first head of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and worked on… read more
March 28, 2012, Filed Under: Cataloging, Theatre + Performing ArtsStories from the Sueltas: Cataloger sheds light on gems in the Spanish comedias sueltas collection Cataloging of the approximately 14,000 titles in the Texas collection of comedias sueltas at the Harry Ransom Center is well underway, funded by a grant received from the Council on Library and Information Resources, Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program. Appropriately named, this program seeks to support “libraries, archives,… read more
March 27, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Research + TeachingVideo: The undergraduate visitor at the Ransom Center Each year, thousands of undergraduates come to the Harry Ransom Center to visit with a class, attend one the Center’s programs, or view an exhibition.
March 26, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsNew David Foster Wallace materials to be on display during Wallace Symposium On Thursday, April 5, the Ransom Center kicks off The David Foster Wallace Symposium with a public event featuring Wallace’s literary agent, Bonnie Nadell, and his editor, Michael Pietsch, in conversation with Los Angeles Times book critic David Ulin. The free, public event will take place at 7 p.m. (C.S.T.)… read more
March 22, 2012, Filed Under: Meet the Staff, Research + TeachingThe door to opportunity: Undergraduate internships at the Ransom Center Each academic year, the Ransom Center hosts undergraduate interns sponsored by various programs and departments at The University of Texas at Austin. For the 2012–2013 academic year, the Center is pleased to announce the addition of four Ransom Center–sponsored undergraduate intern positions. Students do not need to be affiliated with any particular… read more
March 22, 2012, Filed Under: ArtDonated Tom Lea drawings add depth to collection The Harry Ransom Center recently received a generous gift of four Tom Lea drawings. Dating from 1931 to 1951, the drawings of dancers and an acrobat showcase another artistic focus of Lea’s (1907 – 2001) expansive career. Donated by Sandra Snyder, the drawings were previously owned by her aunt, Martha… read more
