Lampell, Millard, 1919-1997

Scope and Contents Collection of Millard Lampell's personal papers, research notes, photographs, and screenplays. Lampell, a graduate of WVU, wrote numerous pieces for magazines, theater, and television. He was also a founding member of the Appalachian folk band The Almanac Singers with Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie. The photographs and autobiography included in the collection relate to this group. Screenplays include "Hard Travelin'," "The Wall," "Rich Man, Poor Man," and "Dynamite Creek," among...

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Screenplays and related material authored by Millard Lampell, an Emmy-winning writer (1966), novelist and songwriter. In 1950 during the McCarthy era he was blacklisted for refusing to tell the Senate Committee on Internal Security about his political affiliations. For several years he was forced to use a psedudonym. Lampell helped form the pre-revival classic group, the Almanac Singers, a precursor to the Weavers. He was the author of two novels.