David O. Selznick archive

February 5, 2021 - Harry Ransom Center

The women who made Selznick’s screenplays

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Featured1, Film, Research + Teaching Tagged With: David O. Selznick archive, fellows, What is Research?

by ERIN MCGUIRL This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? Research is part of the history of Hollywood’s Golden age. Eighty years ago, in the heyday of the studio system, little libraries on studio lots employed a handful of people who collaborated with writers, directors, producers,… read more

ABOUT ERIN MCGUIRL

Erin McGuirl is the Executive Director of the Bibliographical Society of America. Her background is in librarianship, and since 2008 she has worked with library and private collections of rare materials in New York City and elsewhere. Her writing has appeared in Printing History, Atlas Obscura, the blog for the Journal of the History of Ideas, and in the forthcoming Information: A Historical Companion (Princeton University Press).

May 9, 2017 - Marissa Kessenich

Trailer music and setting the narrative: a fellow’s use of the David O. Selznick collection

Filed Under: Film, Research + Teaching Tagged With: 2017-2018 fellowships, Carleton University, David O. Selznick archive, Dorot Foundation, James Deaville

James Deaville (Carleton University) discusses his research interests in advance of his visit to the Ransom Center.

October 25, 2012 - Alicia Dietrich

Conservation work completed on "Gone With The Wind" dresses

Filed Under: Conservation, Film Tagged With: burgundy ball gown, Conservation, Costumes and Personal Effects, David O. Selznick archive, Gone with the Wind, green curtain dress, green velvet dressing gown, Jill Morena, V&A, Victoria and Albert Museum

In 2010, the Ransom Center raised funds to conserve original costumes from Gone With The Wind, which are part of the Center’s David O. Selznick archive. Donors from around the world graciously contributed more than $30,000 to support the conservation work, which will enable the Ransom Center to display the… read more