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Box 9

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Contains 109 Results:

12 Oct 1964

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 33
Scope and Content Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on onionskin. Miller mentions that Miss Ruth [St. Denis] performed at Schoenberg Hall, UCLA last July. He asks if Lucille Peters is still married to Jose Greco and imagines that by now they would have split up. Miller, in responding to Hughes's comments on cosmetics, pills, etc., wonders what has happened to the most essential sanitary ingredient--the bidet. He says that it is the bidet alone which "stamps the French as being highly civilized!"...
Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

[Dec?] 1964

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 34
Scope and Content

Hughes to a general audience. Mimeographed note explaining that Hughes has not had the energy or heart to send Christmas greetings because her sister has been in the hospital since September and is not expected to recover. To personalize the note for Miller, Hughes has crossed out the signature "La Meri" and signed "Dickie" next to it. 1 leaf.

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

4 Jan 1965

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 35
Scope and Content

Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on plain paper. Miller has been working on his old Victorian house. He asks Hughes whether she has been to the New York World's Fair yet. Miller mentions the new Music Center in Los Angeles. 1 leaf.

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

18 Jan 1965

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 36
Scope and Content

Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on plain paper. Miller tells Hughes that since she is such a poor correspondent, he has decided to write Lil who answers much more promptly. He hopes that Hughes's manuscript will be accepted soon for publication. He is still spending a lot of time restoring his Victorian house. 1 leaf.

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

12 Feb 1965

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 37
Scope and Content Hughes to Miller. Typed letter on Miss Russell M. Hughes stationery. This letter mentions the illness (cancer) of Hughes's sister, Lil, who went into the hospital in September and died in January. Hughes describes the military funeral and Lil's burial in Arlington Cemetery, as well as her [Hughes's] job of settling Lil's estate. Around Christmas Aldo called Hughes on his way to the Holy Land and wanted her to meet him in New York but she couldn't due to...
Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

18 Feb 1965

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 38
Scope and Content Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on ruled paper. Miller offers condolences regarding Lil's passing. He mentions that both the mother and grandmother of a friend died in 1963 and, since the friend now lives in Pakistan with her husband, Miller has inherited all their furniture which was part of the reason he bought such a large old house. Some of the furniture comes from India and some is early American ("quite ornate and gingerbready, but still usable.") He asks...
Dates: 1945 - 1989
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library / Charles James Miller papers / La Meri / Correspondence

4 Apr 1965

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 39
Scope and Content

Hughes to Miller. Typed letter on Miss Russell M. Hughes stationery. She comments on Edna's version of Swan Lake as being "too jazzed up;" mentions trying to settle Lil's estate. Also describes a trip to Toronto for a dog show. 1 leaf.

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

19 Apr 1965

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 40
Scope and Content

Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on onionskin. He describes the work he is doing on his new "old house;" comments on Indian aesthetics and hypercriticism; tells Hughes that he will send her a copy of his dissertation for her perusal and her comments. 2 leaves.

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

16 Jun 1965

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 41
Scope and Content

Hughes to Miller. Typed letter on Miss Russell M. Hughes stationery. She asks Miller if he took lessons with Balasaraswati when she was in Berkeley. Mentions that she is anemic and takes weekly shots and daily pills. She went to New York last month and spent one day at the [World's] Fair. 1 leaf. Envelope included.

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

30 Jun 1965

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 42
Scope and Content

Hughes to Miller. Handwritten letter on Miss Russell M. Hughes stationery. She has lost Miller's address and will wait for him to send it to her before mailing the two books he ordered. She has lost many things in the past six months including her two diamond rings. 1 leaf.

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