Category Archives: Files & Documents

Liz Smith on Marilyn’s Last Cheque

Posted on July 10, 2012 by marina72

Last week, the Huffington Post reported a forensic psychologist’s comment on Marilyn’s last signed cheque, for a chest of drawers, dated August 4th. (The cheque is due to be sold by Heritage Auctions on July 24th.) “‘People about to kill … Continue reading →


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Marilyn, the Traffic Cop, and More

Posted on July 3, 2012 by marina72

A photograph signed by Marilyn to avoid a speeding ticket will be auctioned at a starting price of $4,000, Metro reports. Los Angeles traffic cop Roy Garrett (now deceased) made a habit of acquiring autographs from movie stars with bad driving skills. … Continue reading →


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The Blue Book Files

Posted on May 16, 2012 by marina72

According to PR Newswire, files from Emmeline Sniveley’s Blue Book Agency – where the young Marilyn worked as a model – have been recovered, in the Hague, Netherlands. “Miss Emmeline Snively, founder of the agency in 1939, discovered Marilyn Monroe (then Norma Jean Dougherty) … Continue reading →


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Library of Congress Acquires Strasberg Papers

Posted on April 3, 2012 by marina72

 Lee Strasberg’s widow, Anna, has donated his personal papers – including correspondence, rehearsal notes and photos – to the US Library of Congress, reports the Los Angeles Times. (It will be interesting to see if any new Marilyn-related material is … Continue reading →


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‘Dear Dr Rabwin…’

Posted on March 2, 2012 by marina72

Today’s Letters of Note blog features a famous note that Marilyn wrote to Dr Marcus Rabwin, while awaiting surgery Cedars of Lebanon hospital, back in 1952. She was extremely overworked and in poor health at the time, and her bosses … Continue reading →


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MM Estate’s Publishing Plans

Posted on February 4, 2012 by marina72

Following the success of Fragments, Marilyn’s estate have approved two new books to be published later this year, reports Canoe.ca: “The first book Girl Waiting, to be published in May, brings together drawings of Marilyn Monroe, unreleased, and a series … Continue reading →


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‘Try to Enjoy Myself When I Can’

Posted on January 10, 2012 by marina72

If you’re already wavering on your New Year’s resolutions, take inspiration from Marilyn: a list of her goals (among her personal writings collected in Fragments) is posted, with full transcript, at Lists of Note.


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Secrets of the FBI

Posted on August 3, 2011 by marina72

      Secrets of the FBI is a new book by the conservative author Ronald Kessler, and it includes material on Marilyn’s alleged meetings with Robert F. Kennedy. I’m not clear whether this is based on known or unseen … Continue reading →


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MM Documents on Auction

Posted on April 17, 2011 by marina72

A letter written by the young Norma Jeane Dougherty to her half-sister, Berniece Miracle, in June 1945, is among the Marilyn-related documents on auction at Bonham’s and Butterfield’s on Wednesday, April 20. Also included are Marilyn’s first offer on her … Continue reading →


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Lois Banner on ‘MM – Personal’

Posted on April 8, 2011 by marina72

Dr Lois Banner, author of MM – Personal: The Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe, has been interviewed by Susan Andrews of USC Dornsife: ‘To understand the highly complex Monroe, Banner said that you have to understand her complexities. “She had … Continue reading →


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