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
October 10, 2011, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsA glimpse into J. M. Coetzee’s bound drafts: "Life & Times of Michael K" The day-to-day work of a special-collections curator does not leave much time for actually reading manuscripts, despite assumptions to the contrary on the part of outsiders. I sometimes look with envy at researchers who sit with one document for hours at a time. So it was with great anticipation that… read more
