Guide to the Henry Miller Letters to E.E. Schmidt and Other Material MS.M.043
Andre Ambrus
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
(cc) 2005
The UCI Libraries
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Henry Miller letters to E.E. Schmidt and other material
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.043
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1949-1950
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.
Language of Material:
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-S07. Special Collections and
Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Letters -- California -- Big Sur -- 20th century.
Exhibition catalogs -- California -- San Francisco -- 20th
century.
Postcards -- California -- Big Sur -- 20th century.
Screen prints -- 20th century -- Color.
Miller, Henry -- Correspondence
Schmidt, E.E.
Schatz, Bezalel -- Exhibitions
box FB-064, folder 3
Folder 1 1949-1950