November 24, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingRansom Center acquires archive of Gabriel García Márquez The Harry Ransom Center has acquired the archive of Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014). The archive documents the life and work of García Márquez, an author who obtained nearly unanimous critical acclaim and a worldwide readership. Spanning more than half a century, García Márquez’s archive includes original manuscript… read more
November 14, 2014, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingUndergraduates review music production records for “Rebecca” to understand business side of Hollywood film scores James Buhler is an Associate Professor in Music Theory and the Director of the Center for American Music at The University of Texas at Austin. Below, he writes about using materials from the Ransom Center’s David O. Selznick collection to teach students in his Signature Course “Introduction to Music and… read more
November 7, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Mystery Solved at the Harry Ransom Center As a graduate intern, I have the opportunity to respond to a variety of research queries about the collections. Recently, I helped solve a mystery laid by two differing editions of John le Carré’s 1974 thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Le Carré’s biographer, Adam Sisman, was trying to get to… read more
