Malcom Miller Collection

Finding Aid for the Malcom Miller Collection, 1925-1963

MS-0308

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, September 7, 2006.

Summary Information

Title: Malcom Miller Collection

Date/Date Range : 1925-1963

Extent: 6.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains correspondence, publications, photographs, business papers, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and notes documenting the life and work of Knoxville theater critic Malcom Miller.

Call number: MS-0308

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use

Aquisition Information:
Malcom Miller's estate donated this collection to the Special Collections Library.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Malcom Miller Collection, MS-0308. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of eight boxes.

Biography / History

Malcom Miller was a Knoxville theater critic and impresario.

Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains correspondence, publications, photographs, business papers, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and notes documenting the life and work of Knoxville theater critic Malcom Miller.

Subject Terms

Miller, Malcom, d. 1963.

Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History.

Theater -- Tennessee -- Knoxville.

Contents List

Box 1		Malcom Miller Collection, 1925-1963 Scope Note: Contains Mr. Miller's correspondence, material concern ing Robert Porterfield's Barter Theater in Abington, Va., business papers related to the Knoxville production of Green Pastures, a manuscript by Mrs. Miller, papers related to Miss America preliminaries in Maryville, Tenn., issues of Lagniappe, advance theater and entertainment listings, and assorted Round Table Club programs.
Box 2		Malcom Miller Collection, 1925-1963 Scope Note: Contains copies of Mr. Miller's reviews, and various press clippings.
Box 3		Malcom Miller Collection, 1925-1963 Scope Note: Contains assorted playbills and programs.
Box 4		Malcom Miller Collection, 1925-1963 Scope Note: Contains assorted playbills and programs.
Box 5		Malcom Miller Collection, 1925-1963 Scope Note: Contains Mr. Miller's collection of autographed photographs, many of show business celebrities: Rod La Rocque, Vilma Banky, Gladys Swarthout, Chaliapin, Anna Pavlova, Amelita Galli-Curci, Patricia Neal, Katherine Cornell, John Philip Sousa, Helen Hayes, Lawrence Tibbett, Mary Costa, Rise Stevens, Paderewski, Charles Korvin, Jascha Heifetz, Greer Garson, Paul Robeson, Pauline Frederick, Yma Sumac, Edward Everett Horton, Sally Rand, Louis Lytton, Victor Borge, Robert Porterfield, Dorothv Stickney, Rachmaninoff and many others.
Box 6		Malcom Miller Collection, 1925-1963 Scope Note: Contains Mr. Miller's publicity material.
Box 7		Malcom Miller Collection, 1925-1963 Scope Note: Contains assorted play scripts.
Box 8		Malcom Miller Collection, 1925-1963 Scope Note: Contains two motion picture scripts, a personal notebook belonging to Mr. Miller, and miscellaneous papers, pamphlets, etc.