Henry Miller Memorial Library
| Henry Miller Memorial Library | |
|---|---|
Main building at Henry Miller Memorial Library | |
| Location | Big Sur, California, United States |
| Type | Nonprofit arts center, Bookstore, Performance venue |
| Established | 1981 |
| Collection | |
| Size | Extensive repository of Henry Miller books, manuscripts, letters, and ephemera |
| Other information | |
| Director | Magnus Toren |
The Henry Miller Memorial Library is a nonprofit arts center, bookstore, and performance venue in Big Sur, California, documenting the life of the late writer and artist Henry Miller. Emil White built the house for himself in the mid-1960s. After Miller died in 1980, White dedicated the property as a memorial to Miller and as a gallery where local artists could show their work. In 1981, with the help of the Big Sur Land Trust, White formally organized "The Henry Miller Memorial Library". White was director of the institution until he died in 1989. The Big Sur Land Trust managed the library until October 1998, when the non-profit The Henry Miller Memorial Library Inc. was created to sustain the library.