{"value"=>"<p>The PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, 1924-1966 (bulk dates 1940-1959) series makes up the bulk of the Miller papers. This series is divided into seven subseries, Contracts, Memberships (e.g., ASCAP, Songwriter's Protective Association, Dramatists Guild, Authors League), Writings which contain lyrics and scripts for skits and manuscripts, Performance Teams, Production Files, and Printed Matter. The Performance Teams subseries documents the partnerships Miller formed with Aubrey Lyles and their collaboration with Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle. These files contain a team history for Miller and Lyles, letters, clippings, 1943-1954, contracts, skit scripts and programs. The largest of the subseries are the Production Files. These files include production materials for \"Amos and Andy\", <span class=\"title\"> Shuffle Along</span>, <span class=\"title\">Sugar Hill</span>, and an array of other productions. Within these files are handwritten histories of the \"Amos and Andy Show\" and <span class=\"title\">Shuffle Along</span>, scripts, letters, stage directions for <span class=\"title\">Mama Charlestons' Boarding House</span>; cast lists for <span class=\"title\">Queen of the Range</span>; news clippings, contracts for <span class=\"title\">Shuffle Along</span> and <span class=\"title\">Sugar Hill</span> and a broadside for <span class=\"title\">Shuffle Along</span>. The <span class=\"title\">Sugar Hill</span> files contain handwritten letters from James P. Johnson (collaborator on <span class=\"title\">Sugar Hill</span> to Miller.</p>"}