March 12, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Film, Research + TeachingScreenwriter and director Paul Schrader donates collection to Harry Ransom Center Screenwriter and director Paul Schrader has donated his collection to the Harry Ransom Center. Schrader wrote screenplays for such iconic films as Taxi Driver (1976), Blue Collar (1978), Raging Bull (1980), American Gigolo (1980), The Mosquito Coast (1986), and Affliction (1997). Schrader had previously donated Robert De Niro’s costume from… read more
March 8, 2010, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts"The archives are a window into his mind" Bonnie Nadell, longtime literary agent of David Foster Wallace, shares her thoughts on what scholars can learn from Wallace’s archive about his creative process: Organizing David Wallace’s papers for an archive was not a task I would wish on many people. Some writers leave their papers organized, boxed, and with… read more
March 4, 2010, Filed Under: Authors, Research + TeachingDavid Mamet papers now open for research The papers of David Mamet, author of more than 50 plays and 25 screenplays that have earned him a Pulitzer Prize, Oscar nominations, and a Tony Award, are now open at the Harry Ransom Center. A finding aid for the collection can be accessed here. The Ransom Center acquired Mamet’s… read more
