March 12, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsNotes from the Undergrad: An alternate ending for A Streetcar Named Desire Haley Williams is a psychology/Plan I Honors senior in Dr. Elon Lang’s “Drama in the Archives” course. In the course, students used resources at the Harry Ransom Center to better understand plays, texts, dramatists, cultures from which they are drawn, and the archival process itself. Below, Williams shares her experience… read more
February 24, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsDrama in the Archives: Humanities class fosters undergraduate research Have you ever wondered how a play or film might have turned out differently? This was the guiding question in the new Humanities Honors course—titled “Drama in the Archives”—offered in fall 2014 by Dr. Elon Lang, lecturer and former part-time archivist at the Ransom Center. During the semester, Lang brought… read more
January 27, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellows Find: H. P. Lovecraft letter sheds light on pivotal moment in his career James Machin is a PhD student at Birkbeck, University of London, working on a thesis on early weird fiction, circa 1880 to 1914. He is also the editor of Faunus, the journal of the Friends of Arthur Machen. His research at the Ransom Center was funded by a dissertation fellowship… read more
