ROBERT ALTMAN ARCHIVE - BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS - LEGAL SERIES AND CHRONOLOGICAL FILES - 1969-2007

Sep 19, 2026

Robert Altman Archive: Business and Financial Records, Legal Series and Chronological Files (1969-2007) is a special collection documenting the film maker’s personal and corporate business activity through financial and legal records. The Business and Financial series spans payroll, bills, ledgers, insurance, banking transactions, residuals, and more, organized chronologically across Personal and Accounting/General Business sub-series. The Legal series compiles records from multiple law firms representing Altman personally, including personal and expandable file folders. The Chronological series includes daily logs and correspondence such as faxes from production-related companies.

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Pages42

Reading Time15 min

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Scope and Content Note

Business and Financial series

Legal series

Chronological series

Sub-series organization and file numbering

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ROBERT ALTMAN ARCHIVE: BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS LEGAL SERIES AND CHRONOLOGICAL FILES 1969-2007 Quantity Call No.: Altman ACQUISITION: The archive was acquired from the Altman family in 2007-2008. ACCESS: The records up through 2002 are open for research. PHOTOGRAPHS: COPYRIGHT: Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from the University of Michigan Special Collections Library and the individual copyright holder. PROCESSED BY: Business and financial: Rosemary Pal, Heather Norris, Christina Heady, Sarah Hegge, Alisha McCullick, Beth Myerowitz, David Quick, Erica Willar, Brian Wilson, Ray Barker, 2009-2011 ; Legal series: Brian Wilson, Ray Barker, 2009; Chronological series: Rosemary Pal, 2011, Brian Wilson, Ray Barker, 2009 Abstract The Business and Financial series (68 linear feet) are business records that range from payroll, paid bills, general ledgers, insurance, banking transactions, residuals and other financial documents. There are two sub-series beginning with the Personal subseries, and ending with the Accounting and General Business sub-series both organized chronologically. The documents range in date from 1969-2007. The Legal series (7.5 linear feet) are legal documents with the majority of documents originating from three law firms, Lane & Mittendorf, and Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, and Frankfort, Garbus, Klein & Selz all of which represented Robert Altman personally and professionally from 1969-2005. The series largely consists of business and financial documents. The series includes personal, business and financial, real estate and expandable file folders from Jerome Walsh's law office. The majority of files were created by Robert Altman's lawyer Jerome Walsh. The Chronological series (30 linear feet) includes daily logs and correspondence for many of Robert Altman's production companies. Materials consist of daily logs, desk calendars, daily planners and correspondence consisting of incoming and outgoing faxes created during production of several of his films. Scope and Content Note The Business and Financial series (68 linear feet) are business records that range from payroll, paid bills, general ledgers, insurance, banking transactions, residuals and other financial documents. There are two sub-series beginning with the Personal subseries, and ending with the Accounting and General Business sub-series both organized chronologically. The documents range in date from 1969-2007. As Robert Altman often financed his own films, and received payments for them in both his corporate and personal banking accounts, his personal business records contain financial records pertaining to his various projects. There are two sub-series Personal and Accounting and General Business and both are organized chronologically. The Personal sub-series includes documents that pertain to the maintenance of his New York and California homes as well as residuals and insurance information. The Accounting and General Business section reflects the various production companies Altman created to produce and finance his various film projects. The majority of the material in the Legal series (7.5 linear feet) comes from three law firms that represented Robert Altman both personally and professionally, and that represented the various Altman corporate entities, including Lion’s Gate Films and Sandcastle 5. Those three firms are: Lane & Mittendorf, a New York, New York, firm that employed Jerome Walsh; Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, a Los Angeles, California, firm; and Frankfort, Garbus, Klein & Selz, a New York, New York firm that employed Richard Heller. There are other law firms and lawyers represented in the series including, the New York, New York firm of Colton, Weissberg, Hartnick, Yamin & Sheresky, who employed Ronald Feiner, and George Sheanshang, who dealt with entertainment contractual issues. Finally,

FAQs

When was the Robert Altman archive acquired and which records are open for research?

The archive was acquired from the Altman family in 2007–2008. Records up through 2002 are open for research.

What types of documents are included in the Business and Financial series?

The Business and Financial series includes payroll, paid bills, general ledgers, insurance, banking transactions, residuals, and other financial documents, arranged chronologically in Personal and Accounting/General Business sub-series.

How are the Legal series records organized and where do they originate?

The Legal series largely originates from three law firms that represented Robert Altman personally and professionally from 1969–2005, and it includes personal, business/financial, real estate, and expandable file folders from Jerome Walsh’s law office.

Sep 19, 2026

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