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Interview with Matthew Weiner, creator, executive producer, writer, and director of the series Mad Men

January 12, 2017 - Suzanne Krause

The archive for the acclaimed drama Mad Men, one of television’s most honored series in history, has been donated to the Harry Ransom Center. The donation was made by Matthew Weiner, the series creator, executive producer, writer and director; and Lionsgate, which produced the critically acclaimed series.

To mark this news, Weiner shares his thoughts on the value of archives, the show’s influence, and the storylines that got away. [Read more…] about Interview with Matthew Weiner, creator, executive producer, writer, and director of the series Mad Men

Filed Under: Acquisitions, Film Tagged With: acquisition, AMC, interview, Lionsgate, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, New York, Q&A, Research, television, The Paris Review, The Sopranos

Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Mad Men archive donated to UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center

January 12, 2017 - Suzanne Krause

The archive for the acclaimed drama Mad Men, one of television’s most honored series in history, has been donated to the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. [Read more…] about Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Mad Men archive donated to UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center

Filed Under: Acquisitions, Film Tagged With: acquisition, Advertising, AFI, Alisa Perrin, BAFTA Awards, Costumes and Personal Effects, donation, Emmy Awards, Film, Golden Globe Awards, Janie Bryant, Kathryn Allison Mann, Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate, Lionsgate TV, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, New York, Peabody Award, Producers Guild Awards, props, release, RTF, script, set design, Steve Wilson, television, Television Critics Association Awards, Writers Guild Awards

How Mad Men‘s head of research mined the past for the show’s famous historical accuracy

January 12, 2017 - Marissa Kessenich

Kathryn Allison Mann was the head of research for the television series Mad Men. She mined period books, magazines, and newspapers—as well as her extensive network of New Yorkers—to ensure the historical accuracy the show is famous for. Much of Mann’s notes and original material is included in the show’s archive, recently acquired by the Ransom Center. The archive will be available for research once cataloged. [Read more…] about How Mad Men‘s head of research mined the past for the show’s famous historical accuracy

Filed Under: Acquisitions, Film, Research + Teaching Tagged With: acquisition, head of research, Hollywood, Kathryn Allison Mann, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, New Yorker, researcher, RTF, writers room

From Bond girls to Brooks Brothers, how Janie Bryant designed costumes for Mad Men

January 12, 2017 - Susan Mickey

Janie Bryant. Photograph by Elisabeth Caren.

Janie Bryant was the costume designer for the television series Mad Men. [Read more…] about From Bond girls to Brooks Brothers, how Janie Bryant designed costumes for Mad Men

Filed Under: Acquisitions, Film Tagged With: 1960s, acquisition, Betty Draper, costume, costume designer, Don Draper, dresses, fashion, garments, Janie Bryant, Lionsgate, Mad Men, Megan Draper, Peggy Olson, television

Books from Gabriel García Márquez’s library added to collection

December 1, 2016 - Jennifer Tisdale

Pablo Neruda's "Nueva odas elementales" (1963). Photos by Pete Smith.

The Harry Ransom Center has acquired books from Gabriel García Márquez’s library. The collection will reside alongside the author’s literary archive, which the Ransom Center acquired in 2014.

[Read more…] about Books from Gabriel García Márquez’s library added to collection

Filed Under: Acquisitions, Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Cataloging Tagged With: acquisition, Books, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, García Márquez, Gerald Martin, Latin American Boom, library

Libros de la biblioteca de Gabriel García Márquez añadidos a la colección

December 1, 2016 - Jennifer Tisdale

Pablo Neruda's "Nueva odas elementales" (1963). Photos by Pete Smith.

El Harry Ransom Center en la Universidad de Texas en Austin, ha adquirido libros de la biblioteca personal de Gabriel García Márquez.
[Read more…] about Libros de la biblioteca de Gabriel García Márquez añadidos a la colección

Filed Under: Acquisitions, Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Cataloging Tagged With: acquisition, biblioteca de presentación Gabriel García Márquez, Boom Latinoamericano, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, García Márquez, Gerald Martin, libros

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