January 9, 2018, Filed Under: Featured1, Theatre + Performing ArtsPlaywright Arthur Miller’s archive comes to the Harry Ransom Center The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of American playwright Arthur Miller (1915–2005). Obtained from the Arthur Miller Trust, the archive spans Miller’s career.
April 28, 2017, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsMel Gussow’s interviews with actors, playwrights, writers, and directors to be digitized The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has awarded the Ransom Center a “Recordings at Risk” grant for $24,600, supporting the project “Preserving the Interview Recordings of Mel Gussow, American and British Theater Critic.” The Ransom Center holds the Gussow (1933-2005) papers.
March 25, 2016, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Theatre + Performing ArtsCelebrating the reissue of Adrienne Kennedy’s memoir The Harry Ransom Center celebrates the reissue of Adrienne Kennedy’s groundbreaking memoir People Who Led to My Plays from Theatre Communications Group. First published in 1987 as a response to the frequently asked question of what inspirations have influenced her work, Kennedy recorded brief, fragmentary memories covering 1936–1961. A deeply… read more
