Motion picture producers and directors

Content Description This is microfilm of the original collection of Griffith papers at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, filmed with a National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant as a joint project of MoMA, the University of Louisville Archives, and the Microfilming Corporation of America. The filmed materials consist of eight series: business and personal correspondence; financial records; scrapbooks; family memorabilia; the Killiam-Sterling collection of scripts, stories, and writings;...

Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents concerning litigation between Killiam, a producer, and the estate of D.W. Griffith concerning the validity of copyright renewal on the Griffith film Birth of a Nation. The record group includes three series: background material, exhibits, and legal briefs and opinions.