| Description | Includes papers regarding researching and scouting hotels in America and Europe to 'play' the Overlook Hotel; letter from executive producer Jan Harlan introducing Miss Katharina Bruhns Kubrick in her capacity as researcher of film props, particularly Native American artefacts; letters introducing researchers and photographers; correspondence regarding possible filming locations; records of photographs of possible locations; correspondence with the Ahwahnee Lodge, giving permission to reproduce the interior.
Of note is a copy of a letter from the Timberline Lodge Hotel requesting that room number 217 be changed to 237 for the film, the letter includes handwritten notes by Kubrick requesting copies to be forwarded and wording a positive reply for typing. |