October 17, 2011, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingFilmmaker Nicholas Ray’s archive opens for research The archive of film director Nicholas Ray (1911–1979), best known for his film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), is now open for research. Spanning more than 35 years, materials in the collection include original treatments, annotated scripts, photographs, journals, notes, audio reels, video recordings and film that provide an account… read more
October 13, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingTwo Texas sorority sisters inspire Graham Greene and John Sutro to establish Anglo-Texan Society On a trip to Edinburgh in the summer of 1953, novelist Graham Greene and producer John Sutro met Margy Crosby Leifeste and Mary Alexander Sherwood, roommates and Pi Phi sorority sisters who had recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin. Charmed by the young women, Greene and Sutro… read more
October 13, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFellows Find: Graham Greene papers lift curtain on author’s psyche Dr. Christopher Hull from the University of Nottingham, UK, came to the Harry Ransom Center on a British Studies Fellowship to research the Graham Greene collection. His initial plan is to write and publish a book on Greene and Cuba, concentrating on the writer’s journeys to the island prior to… read more
