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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Milton Merlin papers
    Date (inclusive): circa 1930s-1960s
    Collection number: 445
    Creator: Merlin, Milton
    Extent: 9 linear feet of papers.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

    Preferred Citation

    Milton Merlin papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Mark Merlin, Sally Merlin, and Christopher Merlin, 1999

    Biography

    Milton Merlin was an American writer and associate producer. He was with the Paramount Pictures story department from 1933 to 1936, then functioned as an associate producer at MGM until 1940. During World War II he served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He worked in radio and television in the 1950s and 1960s.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Milton Merlin papers span the years circa 1930s-1960s and encompass 9 linear feet. The collection includes Paramount and MGM produced and unproduced scripts and story material, treatments, reader's reports, correspondence, and photographs. There are also scripts and ephemera for U.S. Army Signal Corps training films.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: Not arranged in series.

    Indexing Terms

    Merlin, Milton , 1905-1996--Archives.
    producers
    screenwriters