AUSTIN, TX.- The archive of film director Nicholas Ray (1911–1979), best known for his film, “Rebel Without a Cause,” has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Spanning more than 35 years, materials in the collection include, but are not limited to, Ray’s work on “They Live By Night” (1949), “In A Lonely Place” (1950), “Flying Leathernecks” (1951), “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955), “Run for Cover” (1955), “Bitter Victory” (1957) and “55 Days at Peking” (1963). “Rebel Without a Cause” starred James Dean, Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood. The holdings include original treatments, annotated scripts, photographs, journals, notes, audio reels, video recordings and film that provide an account of Ray’s working methods and ideas. Also included are materials from Ray’s teaching