May 3, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsThe Adventure of the Immortal Detective: Discovering Sherlock Holmes in the Archives The BBC’s modernized television adaptation Sherlock and the steampunk-inspired Hollywood blockbuster Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows are only two of the most recent incarnations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective. The Ransom Center holds an eclectic array both of Sherlockiana and of materials illustrating Doyle’s diverse pursuits. Doyle… read more
May 1, 2012, Filed Under: Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsNorman Bel Geddes: From the Nutshell Jockey Club to War Game to Futurama From September 11, 2012, to January 6, 2013, the Harry Ransom Center hosts the exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America, which explores the career of stage and industrial designer, futurist, and urban planner Norman Bel Geddes. The Ransom Center holds Bel Geddes’s professional archive, personal… read more
April 26, 2012, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFellows Find: Scholar explores connections between Langston Hughes and other black writers around the globe Shane Graham, Associate Professor of English at Utah State University, is the author of South African Literature after the Truth Commission: Mapping Loss (2009), and the principal editor of Langston Hughes and the South African Drum Generation: The Correspondence (2010). He has published articles in Modern Fiction Studies, Theatre Research… read more
