Guide to the Henry Miller Letters to E.E. Schmidt and Other Material
Andre Ambrus
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Guide to the Henry Miller Letters to E.E. Schmidt and Other Material
Collection number: MS-M043
Special Collections and ArchivesThe UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
- Processed by:
- Andre Ambrus
- Date Completed:
- 2005
- Encoded by:
- Andre Ambrus
© 2005 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Henry Miller letters to E.E. Scmidt and other material
Dates: 1949-1950
Collection number: MS-M043
Creator:
Miller, Henry, 1891-
Collection Size:
0.2 linear feet
(1 oversize folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: Collection comprises seven handwritten letters from Miller, while living in Big Sur, California, to Schmidt, primarily concerning
business matters; two postcards advertising a water color by Miller; a San Francisco Museum of Art catalog for an exhibition
of work by Bezalel Schatz with a foreword by Miller and a color silk screen, signed by Schatz, laid in; brochure for Into
the Night Life; and two mimeograph broadsides.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Henry Miller letters to E.E. Schmidt and other material. MS-M043. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries,
Irvine, California.
Acquired, 1971.
Processed by Andre Ambrus and description written by Ryan Hildebrand, 2005.
Henry Valentine Miller was born on December 26, 1891 in New York City. He attended the College of the City of New York, 1909
and worked for various employers from 1909-27. In 1930 Miller went to Europe and lived in Paris until 1939. During this time
he wrote Tropic of Cancer (1934), Black Spring (1936), and Tropic of Capricorn (1939). Miller was also a painter and his water
colors were exhibited internationally. He died on June 7, 1980, in Pacific Palisades, California. E.E. Schmidt was a client
of Miller's; no further information is available about him.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection comprises seven handwritten letters from Miller, while living in Big Sur, California, to Schmidt, primarily concerning
business matters; two postcards advertising a water color by Miller; a San Francisco Museum of Art catalog for an exhibition
of work by Bezalel Schatz with a foreword by Miller and a color silk screen, signed by Schatz, laid in; brochure for Into
the Night Life; and two mimeograph broadsides.
This collection is arranged by type of material.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Miller, Henry, 1891-. Correspondence.
Schmidt, E.E., Correspondence.
Schatz, Bezalel, 1912-1978,--Exhibitions.
Letters--California--Big Sur--20th century.
Exhibition catalogs--California--San Francisco--20th century.
Screen prints--20th century--Color.
Postcards--California--Big Sur--20th century.