April 24, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingScholar reads between the lines in new Lillian Hellman biography Alice Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of History at Columbia University, made several trips to the Ransom Center between 2003 and 2011. Her biography, A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman, will be published by Bloomsbury Press on April 24. She has written many books,… read more
October 5, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingNotes from the Undergrad: Signature Course delves into works, life of Russell Banks Dillon Welch is an undergraduate student studying violin performance at the Butler School of Music. He researched the Ransom Center’s Russell Banks archive for a class devoted to the author’s works. During the course, Banks was on campus for an event at the Ransom Center, and Welch was given… read more
August 23, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingNotes from the Undergrad: Student finds passage to past through diary is a journey full of surprises Joe Marshall recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin, where he majored in Plan II Honors. He spent time in the Ransom Center’s reading room as he prepared to choose his senior thesis topic, and he shares that experience here. Arriving at the Ransom Center, I didn’t have… read more
