Scope and arrangement
The collection, dated 1947 to 1988 (bulk dates 1960s to 1970s), holds interviews of artists in the entertainment industry conducted by Edwin Miller, the entertainment editor for Seventeen magazine. Related materials include clippings, notes, photographs, and scrapbooks.
The files contain interviews of actors, directors, entertainers, models, musicians, and musical groups. Secondary interviews may include individuals who knew the subject(s) such as business managers, family members, and friends. Occasionally, interviews were conducted over a span of years.
Most interviews conducted in the 1970s and 1980s contain both the audio recordings and transcripts. Miller's hand-written and typed notes about the interviewee(s) consist of his comments on the demeanor of the person being interviewed, their physicality, and other personal observations. The files often include the date and place of interview, commercial photographs, official publicity, and clippings featuring the artist(s).
A selection of actors represented in the collection includes Kevin Bacon, Helena Bonham Carter, Warren Beatty, Dianne Carroll, David Carradine, Goldie Hawn, Audrey Hepburn, Lawrence Jacobs, Norman Jewison, Steve McQueen, Malcolm McDowell, Groucho Marx, Eddie Murphy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier, Lee Remick, and Meryl Streep.
Popular musicians and musical groups represented include Cheap Trick, Chicago, Natalie Cole, Jimi Hendrix, Henry Mancini, Liza Minnelli, Madonna, the Mamas and the Papas, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, Diana Ross, and Sting.
Other Writings consist of an assortment of material that includes Miller's reflections about a trip to Moscow, and a visit backstage at the Phantom of the Opera musical.
The collection also holds fifteen scrapbooks of published articles and interviews written by Miller for Seventeen.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by interviewee(s), followed by Miller's Other Writings and Scrapbooks.