Marilyn Monroe’s Personal 1962 Invoices From the Arthur P. Jacobs Publicity Firm

From the Personal Files of Marilyn Monroe: This group of three original invoices from the Arthur P. Jacobs public relations firm documents professional publicity services provided to Marilyn Monroe during the final months of her life in 1962. The invoices are dated April 30, June 1, and July 1, 1962, and reflect ongoing publicity representation during a period when Monroe remained actively engaged in her career.

Each invoice pertains to publicity fees and bears office stamps and handwritten notations recording the corresponding check numbers and payment dates, providing a complete administrative record of the services rendered and settled. These markings reflect the routine but essential financial and professional processes supporting Monroe’s public image.

Arthur P. Jacobs served as Monroe’s personal publicist, managing press relations and media coverage during some of the most important periods of her career. His role included coordinating publicity campaigns, monitoring press coverage, and maintaining Monroe’s visibility within the motion picture industry and public sphere.

Significantly, the invoice dated June 1, 1962, corresponds with Monroe’s thirty sixth birthday and her final day of filming on Something’s Got to Give at Twentieth Century Fox. The presence of publicity activity at this time reflects Monroe’s continued professional engagement and the active management of her public image.

Preserved among her personal files, these invoices provide rare, original documentation of the publicity infrastructure surrounding Marilyn Monroe during the closing chapter of her life and career.

Pat Newcomb and Arthur P. Jacobs Public Relations

Pat Newcomb was a publicist at the Arthur P. Jacobs Company, Inc., the independent publicity firm that represented Marilyn Monroe during the final year of her life. Beginning in 1961, Arthur P. Jacobs assumed responsibility for managing Monroe’s press relations as she worked outside the traditional studio publicity system, and Newcomb became one of the firm’s representatives assigned directly to her account.

In this role, Newcomb handled media coordination, publicity scheduling, and communications on Monroe’s behalf, working closely with both Jacobs and Monroe during the production and promotion of her final projects, including Something’s Got to Give. The invoices shown here, issued between April and July 1962, document the ongoing publicity services provided to Monroe during the last months of her life, reflecting the structured weekly fees charged for maintaining her public presence.

Newcomb’s proximity to Monroe during this period places her among the small circle of professional representatives entrusted with managing Monroe’s public image at a time when Monroe had asserted greater independence over her career. These invoices provide direct documentary evidence of that professional relationship and the essential role Jacobs’ firm—and publicists like Newcomb—played in shaping and maintaining Marilyn Monroe’s public identity during her final chapter.