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31 May 1963

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 23
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Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on onionskin. Miller makes some comments about Aldo, a former dancer who became a priest and moved to Mexico. Miller is getting ready to leave on a trip where he will pick up his Citroen in Amsterdam. 1 leaf.

Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

20 Sep 1963

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 24
Scope and Content Hughes to Miller. Typed letter on Miss Russell M. Hughes stationery. She mentions that Lil gives a class in Spanish dancing once a week. She reminds Miller that "Papa" Shawn [Ted Shawn] had a stroke last year and looks very drawn and tired. She had a discussion with him about Miss Ruth [St. Denis] of whom he is no longer jealous. Adelphi College gave her [St. Denis] an honorary doctorate last year. This month Hughes has been teaching a weekly dance...
Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

27 Sep 1963

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 25
Scope and Content

Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on onionskin. Miller describes his summer in Europe where he bought a Citroen and visited Spain, France, Luxembourg, etc. He visited Gordon Craig in Vence, France and noted that at 91 1/2, he looks more and more like his mother, Ellen Terry, since his hair is long and white. 2 leaves.

Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

30 Nov 1963

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 26
Scope and Content

Hughes to Miller. Typed letter on Miss Russell M. Hughes stationery. Enjoyed reading about his European trip. Her book is now in the hands of the publisher. News of friends and recent visitors. Lil still loves Manhattan and goes down periodically. 1 leaf.

Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

17 Jan 1964

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 27
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Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on plain paper. Miller asks Hughes if she has ever met Sujata and Asoka; he says that they are slick and have beautiful costumes but their programs are constant repetitions of the same theme. Also, Miller has left his position at La Verne College to spend more time as a consultant for public schools in speech and foreign languages. 1 leaf.

Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

13 Feb 1964

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 28
Scope and Content

Hughes to Miller. Typed letter on Miss Russell M. Hughes stationery. Hughes comments on some photos Miller sent of himself in dance costumes; also mentions [Agnes] DeMille's new book ("got irked and could not finish the silly tome.") Her dog, Micki Mi, has had a litter of five male puppies. 1 leaf.

Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

9 Mar 1964

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 29
Scope and Content Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on National Office Management Association stationery. Miller philosophizes on how modern America is becoming a "standardless nation of robots, rooted in ordinary, smug, complacent materialism." Recently, Miller has seen Jean Erdman's version of Finnegan's Wake but could not make heads or tails of it. Miller describes a paper he will be presenting on the Natya Sastra...
Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

21 Apr 1964

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 30
Scope and Content Hughes to Miller. Typed letter on Miss Russell M. Hughes stationery. She mentions that she fell downstairs in March (trying to wear high heels) and fractured her left elbow. She says that she enjoys his [Miller's] letters so much and agrees with him on the unoriginality of the "so-called seeking modern dance." She also mentions a review on Sujata-Asoka that she did for Dance Magazine. She has five puppies now, one...
Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

27 Apr 1964

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 31
Scope and Content Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on onionskin. Miller comments on British India as well as the characteristics of Indian drama. He then asks Hughes whether she has read Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique as it seems to "have aroused all the females militantly-speaking, out here." Miller then speaks at length of a program given by the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre which he thinks was overrated because the troupe was Negro and the...
Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

5 Aug 1964

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 32
Scope and Content Hughes to Miller. Typed letter on Miss Russell M. Hughes stationery. She mentions that Jo has married a sculptor named Cristoloveneau who is Rumanian and whom she [Hughes] suspects is trying to get his citizenship. She also replies to Miller's past comments on the "negro-artist" situation and calls Geoffrey Holder a "great pain in the neck." She feels that there is much in what Miller says about "the guilt-complex of white folks in...
Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence
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