Finding aid for the Arthur Miller correspondence 2530
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 June
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Note
This collection is housed in single a box along with collections 2531, 2532, 2533, 2534, 2535, 2536, 2537, 2538, 2539, 2540,
2541, 2542, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2546.
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Arthur Miller correspondence
Creator:
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005
Identifier/Call Number: 2530
Physical Description:
0.03 Linear Feet
1 folder
Date: 1944
Date: 1961
Abstract: This collection consists of correspondence belonging to American playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005) about his first foray
into Hollywood.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
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.
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.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Arthur Miller in 1961.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Arthur Miller correspondence, Collection no. 2530, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Archival resources
War correspondents
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 -- Archives
Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945