Albert Maltz Papers - Archives West

Albert Maltz Papers, 1910-1985

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Maltz, Albert, 1908-1985
Title: Albert Maltz Papers
Dates: 1910-1985 (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: 65.53 cubic ft. (70 boxes)
Collection Number: 02675
Summary: Papers of novelist and screenwriter Albert Maltz, who was blacklisted by the House Un-Amerian Activities Committee in the 1950s. Included in the collection are materials on Maltz's testimony before HUAC in 1947, as well as published and unpublished writings, personal correspondence, research, and biographical materials.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Albert Maltz (1908-1985) was a movie screenwriter, playwright, and novelist during the twentieth century. Born in Brooklyn, New York and educated at Columbia University and Yale University, Maltz started his show business career as a playwright and wrote several plays during the 1930s, including the Broadway play "The Black Pit" (1935). He turned to screenwriting during the 1940s and wrote scripts for a number of movies between the 1940s and 1970s, including "The Robe" (1953). Maltz's screenwriting career was interrupted in 1947. He was a member of the "Hollywood Ten", a group of Hollywood figures who refused to answer the questions of the House Committee on Un-American Activities concerning alleged communist influence in the movie industry. For this, he was jailed for contempt of Congress and was blacklisted by the movie industry until the mid 1960s. In addition to his work in theater and movies, Maltz was author of a number of novels, including "The Journey of Simon McKeever" (1949) and "A Long Day in a Short Life" (1957), and numerous short stories.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains material pertaining to the "Hollywood Ten" and Maltz's blacklisting from Hollywood during the 1940s-1960s, including photos, correspondence, court documents, advertisements, and pamphlets. Reel to reel audio tapes of Maltz's testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (1947) is also included. The collection also contains Maltz's play and screenplay manuscripts (original and copies) including "The Black Pit" and "The Robe." Unproduced screenplays include "The Spy" and "Shattered Silence." Collection also holds Maltz's short story and novel manuscripts such as "Bel Canto." Correspondence covers Maltz's personal and professional life and includes letters to family members and publishers. Biographical material includes published journals and newspaper clippings, diaries, an oral history transcript and biographical manuscript, and miscellaneous items from traveling. Photos include headshots of Maltz, family and wedding pictures and pictures of theater sets.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection has been arranged into six series, and each series has varying levels of organization.

Related Materials

There are other archival collections created by Albert Maltz at the Wisconsin Historical Society, the University of California - Los Angeles, the New York Public Library, the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University, and Columbia University.

Acquisition Information

Esther Maltz donated the Albert Maltz collection to the American Heritage Center in 1986.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Keith Reynolds and Laura Uglean Jackson, September 2008.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. House Committee on Un-American ActivitiesReturn to Top

This series contains materials related to the Hollywood 10, House Committee on Un-American Activities, and blacklisting. Materials include court documents such as statements and testimonies, prison and other correspondence, photographs, paid advertisements, newspaper articles, pamphlets, certificates and notes.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1-2	Letters, photographs, sound recordings, and other materials relating to the Hollywood 10, HUAC, and Blacklisting	circa 1940s-1950s

Series II. Manuscripts and Research FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
3	Short Stories and One Act Plays	1930s-1980s
4	Collections of Short Stories and One Act Plays, research notes for a Civil War Novel	1930s-1980s
5	Miscellaneous Short Stories and Research Notes	1930s-1980s
6	Bel Canto	undated
6	Blood Brother	circa 1948
7, 32	The Bridge in the Jungle	circa 1964
6	Cloak and Dagger	1946, March 16
6	Day 121 (Mill Point), Unpublished	undated
6	Destination Tokyo	1943, June 20
6	Elizabeth	undated
8, 9	Eyewitness Report (The Cage)	undated
6	Exodus (Published under pseudonym - Julian Silva)	undated
10	The Flame within (play from the novel "The Cross and the Arrow" by Albert Maltz, adapted by Alan M. Miller)	undated
10	Gideon's Trumpet	undated
10	This Gun for Hire	1941, October
11, 32	Hang Up (The Face of Night)	1972 and earlier
10	The House I Live In and The Hollywood 10 Film	1945, May 3 and undated
39-40	Story ideas and discarded notes	undated
12, 13, 14	The Journey of Simon McKeever (novel and screenplay)	undated
10	Johnny Dragoo	undated
10	A Long Day in a Short Life	undated
15, 32	The Lovers (Modigliani)	undated
15, 32	Merry Go Round and The Black Pit	circa 1932
32-37	Miscellaneous	undated
63	Miscellaneous Manuscripts	undated
16	Monsieur Victor (Originally published as The Exile)	1958 and 1969
16, 32	The Morrison Case	undated
16	Moscow Strikes Back (English commentary by Maltz)	circa 1942
16	Pride of the Marines	1944, October 24
16, 32	The Naked City (Originally Homicide)	1947, May 20
29	Naked Heart	undated
29, 30, 32	Paulette	1932 and undated
62	Research
28	Research Journals and West Virginia Coal Mining Pictures	1932 and undated
37-38	Research files for manuscripts and writings (secondary material, sources, and notes)	undated
16, 32	The Robe (Credited to Philip Dunne but written by Maltz)	1946, December 11
17, 18, 32	Scalawag (Bar Silver)	circa 1960s
19, 20, 32	Shattered Silence	1971 and earlier
21, 22, 32	Sierra (Miguel O’Hara)	1967 and earlier
16	Silver Nutmeg	1959-1962
22	Speedy	undated
23	The Spy	undated
23	A Tale of One January	1971
24, 32	Two Mules for Sister Sara	1960's
25, 26	The White Dacoit of Khyber Pass	1970's
27, 32	Witch Hunt	undated

Series III. CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Includes professional correspondence with authors, publishers, colleagues in the film industry, and government officials. Topics include writing, publishing, living in Mexico, the Hollywood 10 and blacklisting, film production, and other professional matters. There is also personal correspondence with and about Maltz's three wives, friends, and children.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
41	Correspondence by Country	undated
42	Correspondence by Country, Pedro Galvan, Rosyln Targ, Miscellaneous	undated
43	Correspondence	1929 -1985
44	Correspondence	1955-1961
45	Correspondence	1962-1972
46	Correspondence	1971-1985 and undated
47	Hope Foye Scholarship Fund	1954 and undated
47	The Cross and the Arrow	1949-1973
47	The Citizen Writer	1947-1950
47	RE: Simon McKeever, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Burt Lancaster	1976-1982
47	The Seven File, Public Relations, and Writer's Guild	1964
47	Mary Murray	1978
47	Short Stories	1951-1983
47	The House I Live In	1946 and 1958
47	Underground Stream, Fan Letter	undated
47	A Long Day in a Short Life	1957-1983
47	Form Letters to Interviewers	undated
47	Author's League Contract Advice	1972-1973
47	Pride of the Marines	1944, 1945, and undated
47	Data on Warner Brothers from Mary Baker	1944-1946
47	Author's League Special Folder	1946
47	War Effort	1942 and 1944
47	Mexico	1957-1958
47	Written Criticism of Books by Publishers and Friends	1953
47	Monsieur Victor, Alain Mangel	1979
47	Monsieur Victor, Correspondence, Criticisms, and Letters of Rejection	1968-1971
47	Stevenson, Current Work	1965
47	Peter Maltz	1954-1963
48	The Cross and the Arrow, Arron Kramer, Eugene Glickman	1969-1971
48	Albert's 1972 Round Robin Letters	1972
48	Financial	1950-1984
48	Elly Hopkins	1978-1985
48	Grab Bag Personal, From my Desk Tray	1947-1962
48	Photocopies of letters to me which I have given to universities through 1966	1945-1966
48	Photocopies of (largely) unpublished materials given to universities through 1966	circa 1966
48	Erzsi	1963-1984
48	The Literary Life	1966-1982
48	Blacklist	undated
48	Miscellaneous	1969-1981
48	Miscellaneous	1977
48	Miscellaneous	1963-1981
48	Miscellaneous	1941-1984
48	Miscellaneous	1963-1983
48	Miscellaneous	1977-1980
48	Miscellaneous	1970-1977
48	Miscellaneous	1970-1981
48	Miscellaneous	1963-1964
49	Moving to New York	1968
49	Correspond (notes on a phone call to Snyder)	1971-1973
49	Max Wilkinson	1952
49	Union of South Africa	1958
49	Maxim Lieber	1954-1957
49	Frank Ross	1953-1955
49	Ernest Maltz	1951
49	Arthur Dossie, Bonnie Claire, and Lawson	1953-1955
49	Broken Arrow	1973
49	Exodus	1973
49	Private Slovick	1973
49	Black List, Moral Question	1963
49	Sierra/ Miguel O'Hara	1969 and 1974
49	Literary Business Contacts	June - August 1962
49	Literary Business Contacts	Sept. - Dec.t 1962
49	Witch Hunt	1963-1964
49	Urgent Correspondence	1972-1974
49	Literary Business Contacts	June - August 1962
49	Storehouse of Autobiographical Miscellany	Dec. 1951 - July 1952
49	Plan for Handling Funds in the Light of Devaluation	1954
49	Letters to LA Times about Bruce Cook's Trumbo Biography and Various Related Articles	1977
49	To be Xeroxed	1955
49	Letters from Europe	1929
49	Literary Business Contacts	June - August 1962
49	Sinatra	1945-1960
49	Trumbo Correspondence, Plus Attorneys, Plus Maltz Statement Given to the N.Y. Times	1954-1980
49	Victor Navasky "Naming Names"	1980
49	Elizabeth Lampell	1968-1969
49	New Republic	1967
49	Loose Correspondence of Interest	11944-1962
49	Interview and article	1978-1979
49	Correspondence between Helen and Margaret	1941-1950
49	Copies of Brecht-Eisler correspondence	1935
50	Miscellaneous	1968-1970
50	Skadron, Bernard	1957
50	Margaret to Maltz and Miscellaneous	1934-1941
50	Miscellaneous, A-D	1965-1970
50	Miscellaneous, E-H	1963-1975
50	Miscellaneous, I-L	1963-1970
50	Miscellaneous, M-S	1965-1970
50	Miscellaneous, T-Z	1966-1970
50	Publishers	1954-1969
50	Items on London	1968-1969
50	American Documentary Films	1967
50	Miscellaneous	1968
50	Miscellaneous	1955-1965
50	Instructions on moving stuff from Mexico	undated
50	Alfred Stern, Robert Stern, and Dr. Brill	1972
50	Miscellaneous	1953-1957
50	Miscellaneous	1968-1970
50	Literary and business correspondence, folder #4	1962-1963
50	Miscellaneous	1958
50	Miscellaneous	1957-1959
50	Miscellaneous correspondence and autobiography	1959
50	Skadron, Bernard	1958
51	Miscellaneous correspondence	1951-1959
51	Miscellaneous correspondence	1962
51	Lieber, Max	1958-1962
51	Fania correspondence #2	1961-1962
51	Violette - Pierro - Bill Cole - Dr. Goldstein	1960-1961
51	Fania correspondence folder #1	1960
51	Herbert Biberman	1955-1956
51	Jenner Committee	1953
51	King Brothers - Dalton Letters	1959
51	Miscellaneous correspondence (U.S.A.)	1959-1961
51	Ivan Von Auw, Jr. and Harold Ober Associates	1952-1959
51	Burges Johnson	1956-1961
51	Skadron, Bernard, general correspondence	1954-1960
51	Maltz - Dossie	1953-1955
51	Skadron, Bernie	1951-1952
51	Miscellaneous correspondence	1959
51	Peter Maltz	1958
51	Family	1957
51	Question of pseudonym and problems of publishing	1952
51	Miscellaneous, spring and summer	1960
51	Correspondence with Christopher La Farge and James Caine on Guild Matters	1947
51	Correspondence with Author's Guild	1946-1947
51	Correspondence with Christopher LaFarge, Oscar Hammerstein, Luise Sillcox, and others (Author's Guild)	1946-1947
51	Sam Ornitz	1972-1975
51	Germany	1963-1980
51	Greece	1966
51	Miscellaneous	1962-1965
51	"Salt of the Earth" case	1964
51	Assorted HUAC	1967-1968
51	Marcel Marceau	1969-1975
51	Lewis, Oscar	1963-1967
51	Halperin, Maurice	1969-1970
52	Theater Union meeting minutes and correspondence	1938
52	Miscellaneous correspondence and autobiography	1957-1959
52	General Correspondence	October-December, 1951
52	Little Brown	1951
52	Arthur - Belford Lawson correspondence	1951-1953
52	Letters [concerning] Rosenburg Case	1952-1953
52	General Correspondence	1951-1957
52	Pete Correspondence	1962-1963
52	Miscellaneous	1962-1963
52	Ernesto	1951-1958
52	Albert's Letters of Condolence to Various People	Pre-1968
52	Divorce Papers, Financial Settlements, and Private Agreement with Margaret	1963
52	Miscellaneous	1962-1967
52	Letters to Family During the Mexico Years	1948-1960
52	McKeener [Cross and Arrow]	undated
52	Larkin, Margaret	1962-1966
52	Peter Maltz and Katherine Larkin	1962-1967
52	Trumbo and Biberman	undated
52	Miscellaneous	1950-1964
52	Solzhenitsyn	1972-1973
52	Einig and Dietz	1946-1950
52	Maria Von Schweinitz	1947-1950
52	Volk und Welt	1949-1950
52	Various Writers	1947 and undated
52	Lieber, Maxim	1962-1981
52	Columbia Workshop	1937
52	Foye, Hope	1955-1970
52	Fania Fenelon	1962-1963
52	Belinda- Hope Foye	1969
52	The Journey of Simon McKeever	1948-1950
52	Ring Lardner Jr.	1978-1981
52	Fania Fenelon	1964-1967
52	Dashiell Hammett	1940

Series IV. Biographical MaterialReturn to Top

This series contains biographical material such as an oral history transcript and biography, secondary material, journals and diaries, and material about Maltz's family and friends.

Container(s)	Description
Box
53-54	Secondary Material (newspapers, journals, and other publications)
54-55	Financial and Medical Records
55	"Albert Maltz" by Jack Salzman (manuscript)	undated
55	Our Family History by Maltz	1976
55	Oral History with Maltz (transcript)	1983
56	Foreign Publishers and Agents	undated
56	Lectures on screenwriting	1983 and 1976
56	Julian Silva Photos and Biography
56	Rosemary and other wives
56	Autobiography
56	Written materials- speeches, correspondence, and drafts	circa 1950
56	Philip Stevenson's Will	undated
56	Philosophical and Social Observations and Endings	undated
56	Literary Memo to Executors	1961
57	Journals and notebooks	1932-1934
58	Miscellaneous biographical material (vacations, notes, day planners)
59	Italy (Maps, menus, photos, language study, notes)	1964

Series V. PhotographsReturn to Top

Contains photographs of theater stage designs and actors, travel photos from Italy, Mexico, and other destinations, and images of family members including Albert Maltz and his wife Rosemary. There are also pictures of friends, doctors, and animals.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
60	Professional Photographs	undated
60	Travel Photographs	undated
60	Family and Miscellaneous Photographs	1910-1985
61	Rosemary	1960s

Series VI. Published Novels and Plays in Various LanguagesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
64-70	Published Novels and Plays in Various Languages	circa 1940-1980

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Blacklisting of authors.
Dramatists -- United States -- 20th century.
Literature -- United States -- 20th century.
Motion picture authorship -- United States -- 20th century.
Motion picture industry -- United States -- 20th century.
Motion pictures -- United States -- 20th century.
Novelists, American -- 20th century.
Plays -- United States -- 20th century.
Playwriting.
Screenwriters -- United States -- 20th century.
Theater -- United States -- 20th century.

Corporate Names

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Albert Maltz Papers, 1910-1985

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. House Committee on Un-American ActivitiesReturn to Top

Series II. Manuscripts and Research FilesReturn to Top

Series III. CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Series IV. Biographical MaterialReturn to Top

Series V. PhotographsReturn to Top

Series VI. Published Novels and Plays in Various LanguagesReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Corporate Names

Processed by Keith Reynolds
2008

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Albert Maltz Papers, 1910-1985

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. House Committee on Un-American ActivitiesReturn to Top

Series II. Manuscripts and Research FilesReturn to Top

Series III. CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Series IV. Biographical MaterialReturn to Top

Series V. PhotographsReturn to Top

Series VI. Published Novels and Plays in Various LanguagesReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Corporate Names

Processed by Keith Reynolds2008

Processed by Keith Reynolds
2008