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Screenwriter and director Paul Schrader has donated his collection to the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.

Schrader wrote screenplays for such iconic films as "Taxi Driver" (1976), "Blue Collar" (1978), "Raging Bull" (1980), "American Gigolo" (1980), "The Mosquito Coast" (1986) and "Affliction" (1997).

Undated photo [...]

The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of writer David Foster Wallace (1962-2008), author of "Infinite Jest" (1996), "The Broom of the System" (1987), "Girl with Curious Hair" (1988) and numerous collections of stories and essays.

The archive contains manuscript materials for [...]

Harry Ransom Center website Lighting and Camerawork in the Films of David O.

Selznick: A Lecture at the Harry Ransom Center
Thursday, March 4

Lotte Jacobi/Wikipedia JD Salinger ASF Tribute At Ransom Center
Friday, February 26th
Harry Ransom Center (21st & Guadaloupe)
6:30pm doors open, get there early to avoid lines!

It's not too late to attend a few of these interesting free lectures designed for Plan II students at the University of Texas.

The details:

Plan II Honors Program director and history professor Michael Stoff and his colleagues from the colleges of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Architecture, Geological Sciences and Communication invite UT alumni and current students as well as the general public to attend a series of lectures and discussions called "Perspectives on the Future."

"Making Movies," an exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, explores the collaborative processes that take place behind the scenes in filmmaking.

The exhibition runs from Feb. 9 to Aug. 1, 2010, at the Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.

Featuring more than 350 items, the exhibition draws on [...]

The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, will present the exhibition "¡Viva!

Mexico's Independence," showcasing items from the center's holdings that relate to the history of Spain's original conquest of Mexico, Mexico's independence from Spain and subsequent revolutionary activities within Mexico.

The exhibition will be on [...]

Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907-1954). "Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird," 1940. Oil on canvas, 61.25 cm x 47 cm Event: The Ransom Center's display of Frida Kahlo's "Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" will now be extended through March 21.

When: Through March 21. Where: Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, 21st and [...]