February 4, 2016, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingBiography sheds light on William Cameron Menzies, the first production designer While researching his recent book William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come, author James Curtis visited the Ransom Center to seek insight about Menzies’s career. Menzies worked with producer David O. Selznick on several projects, including Gone With The Wind and Spellbound. Using the Selznick collection at the… read more
January 28, 2016, Filed Under: PhotographyDavid Douglas Duncan at 100: A month of tributes to David Douglas Duncan in honor of his 100th birthday—Part 4 In the final installment of our tribute to David Douglas Duncan in the month of his 100th birthday, photographer Louie Palu offers a poignant reflection on the impact of Duncan’s combat photographs on his own work in war zones. Three photographs from Palu’s series The Fighting Season are featured in the… read more
December 22, 2015, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Exhibitions + EventsExplore Shakespeare’s first folio online The publication of the First Folio in 1623 marks the proper beginning of Shakespeare’s works becoming widely known, read, and performed by successive generations, his reputation enduring 400 years after his death.
