Arthur Miller correspondence, 1944, 1961

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Summary

Creators:
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005
Abstract:
This collection consists of correspondence belonging to American playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005) about his first foray into Hollywood.
Extent:
0.03 Linear Feet 1 folder
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Arthur Miller correspondence, Collection no. 2530, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Arthur Miller in 1961.
Processing information:

Collection is unprocessed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Terms of access:

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Arthur Miller correspondence, Collection no. 2530, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Cinematic Arts Library
Doheny Memorial Library, Room G4
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
Contact:
(213) 740-8383
ctlibarc@usc.edu
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