David S. Shields, the McClintock Professor of Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina, visited the Ransom Center this year to research the history of theatrical photography in North America. The Ransom Center houses large collections of stage photographs, such as the Ziegfeld photographs, the dance collection, the card… read more
Fellowships
Fellows Find: How Polish poet Bolesław Leśmian’s manuscripts survived World War II and journeyed across three continents
Dariusz Pachocki, an assistant professor in Polish studies at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin in Poland, worked in the Bolesław Leśmian papers at the Ransom Center in 2013. While here, he investigated the provenance of the collection and pieced together the long journey the papers took before their… read more
Fellows Find: Stella Adler and Harold Clurman papers shed light on evolution of Method acting
Justin Owen Rawlins is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication and Culture and the Department of American Studies at Indiana University. He visited the Ransom Center in May and June 2013 on a dissertation fellowship to conduct research for his dissertation, “Method Men: Masculinity, Race and Performance Style… read more