The archive for the acclaimed drama Mad Men, one of television’s most honored series in history, has been donated to the Harry Ransom Center. The donation was made by Matthew Weiner, the series creator, executive producer, writer and director; and Lionsgate, which produced the critically acclaimed series. To mark this… read more
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Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Mad Men archive donated to UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center
The archive for the acclaimed drama Mad Men, one of television’s most honored series in history, has been donated to the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.
How Mad Men‘s head of research mined the past for the show’s famous historical accuracy
Kathryn Allison Mann was the head of research for the television series Mad Men. She mined period books, magazines, and newspapers—as well as her extensive network of New Yorkers—to ensure the historical accuracy the show is famous for. Much of Mann’s notes and original material is included in the show’s… read more
From Bond girls to Brooks Brothers, how Janie Bryant designed costumes for Mad Men
Janie Bryant was the costume designer for the television series Mad Men.
Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles
“We walk, or I do, to pay attention, to see the streets, the buildings that surround us, to immerse ourselves in a world that might otherwise slip by.” David Ulin in Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles
Ransom Center conservator treats preliminary layouts for Ed Ruscha’s Hard Light
The Edward Ruscha Papers and Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Center includes preliminary layout sheets for Hard Light, a collaborative artist’s book published by Ruscha and Lawrence Weiner in 1978.