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Orson Welles' Daughter Donates Thousands of Dad's Items to UM Collection

April 25, 2017, 7:12 AM

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Orson Welles (Photo: RKO Radio Pictures, Alexander Kahle)

Orson Welles, who produced and starred in a number of dramatic productions including the iconic 1941 film, Citizen Kane, has a collection of works that is housed at University of Michigan. And it just got bigger. 

Ann Zeniewski of the Detroit Free Press writes:

A new set of materials from the filmmaker's daughter, Beatrice Welles, including more than 70 TV, film and stage scripts, has been added to the University of Michigan Library's Screen Arts Mavericks & Makers collection.

The items include photos, letters and personal correspondence — much of which has never been publicly seen.

"The majority of it was unpublished work he did, mostly in the '50s and '60s," Philip Hallman, curator of the Mavericks & Makers collection, said. "We have the largest collection of Orson Welles archival papers already, but this is a period we didn’t have as much from. This is a great puzzle piece that sort of finishes the puzzle."

Welles, who was a actor, director, writer, and producer, died in 1985 at age 70.


Read more:  Detroit Free Press


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