Arthur Miller correspondence
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence belonging to American playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005). The correspondence relates to Miller’s “first attempt to do a movie” and his first visit to Hollywood and includes two letters from American wartime correspondent Ernie Pyle to Miller in 1944 concerning the upcoming biopic The Story of G.I. Joe, written about Pyle’s experiences in World War II, and one letter from Lee Miller to Arthur Miller. Lastly a 1961 letter from Miller to director and producer George Cukor regarding the donation of materials to USC.
Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library 100 Series, and was labeled 100-6.
Dates
- Creation: 1944
- Creation: 1961
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
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Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Arthur Miller (1915-2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in 20th century American theater. His most notable plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955). Miller wrote several screenplays and was best known for his work on The Misfits (1961). Miller was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1957 for contempt of congress for refusing to provide the names of friends and acquaintances who participated in similar political activities.
Ernest “Ernie” Pyle (1900-1945) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers in World War II. Pyle won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his newspaper accounts of infantry soldiers from a first-person perspective. He was killed by enemy fire on Iejima during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
Extent
0.03 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of correspondence belonging to American playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005) about his first foray into Hollywood.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Arthur Miller in 1961.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
Genre / Form
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Arthur Miller correspondence
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 June
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu