August 20, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Research + TeachingFellow discusses work with Henry James’s letters Peter A. Walker, a Harry Ransom Center fellow from Salem State University, discusses his research in the Henry James collection. As co-general editor of The Complete Letters of Henry James, Walker focused on the approximately 500 James letters that reside in the Ransom Center. Walker’s research allowed him to trace… read more
August 12, 2013, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingCollection of Materials by Robert E. Howard, Creator of Conan the Barbarian, is Donated to Ransom Center The Ransom Center has received a gift of materials related to writer Robert E. Howard (1906–1936), a prominent and prolific writer in the fantasy genre. Though Howard is perhaps best known for creating the character Conan the Barbarian, he wrote more than 100 stories for pulp magazines of his day,… read more
July 10, 2013, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingRansom Center acquires papers of writer Barbara Probst Solomon The Ransom Center has acquired the archive of Barbara Probst Solomon, a prolific writer and chronicler of twentieth- and twenty-first-century culture. The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, published books, first drafts, interviews, documentaries, and photographs. Solomon’s career as a writer began shortly after her graduation from Dalton High School in New… read more
