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Interviewee:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Interviewer:

Berman, Avis  Search this

Subject:

Rothko, Mark  Search this

Still, Clyfford  Search this

Motherwell, Robert  Search this

Putzel, Howard  Search this

Newman, Barnett  Search this

De Kooning, Willem  Search this

Barr, Alfred H., Jr.  Search this

Cahill, Holger  Search this

Panicali, Carla  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Dorothy C. Miller, 1981 May 14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Art museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12250

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215641

AAA_collcode_miller81

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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Interviewee:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Subject:

Barr, Alfred H., Jr.  Search this

Cahill, Holger  Search this

Calder, Alexander  Search this

D'Harnoncourt, Rene  Search this

Dickinson, Edwin Walter  Search this

Evans, Walker  Search this

Feininger, Lyonel  Search this

Graves, Morris  Search this

Nevelson, Louise  Search this

Phillips, Duncan  Search this

Pollock, Jackson  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich)  Search this

Rothko, Mark  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Warburg, Edward M. M.  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Dorothy C. Miller, 1970 May 26-1971 Sept. 28. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women museum curators  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12478

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212058

AAA_collcode_miller70

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212058

Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Names:

Betty Parsons Gallery  Search this

Chase Manhattan Bank -- Art collections  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Mark Rothko Foundation  Search this

Municipal Art Exhibition (1st : 1934 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

PepsiCo, Inc.  Search this

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey -- Art collections  Search this

Rockefeller University  Search this

Smith College -- Students  Search this

Smith College. Museum of Art  Search this

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.) -- Art collections  Search this

Asher, Elise, 1914-  Search this

Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981  Search this

Bontecou, Lee, 1931-  Search this

Byars, James Lee  Search this

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Canady, John  Search this

Charlton, Maryette  Search this

Christo, 1935-  Search this

Chryssa, 1933-  Search this

Coggeshall, Calvert, 1907-1990  Search this

Copley, Alfred L.  Search this

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989  Search this

Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956  Search this

Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978  Search this

Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948  Search this

Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979  Search this

Hartigan, Grace  Search this

Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849  Search this

Horwitt, Will  Search this

Johns, Jasper, 1930-  Search this

Karpel, Bernard, 1911-1986  Search this

Levy, Julien  Search this

Mather, Eleanore Price, 1910-  Search this

Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989  Search this

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970  Search this

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986  Search this

Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 -- Art collections  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Sage, Kay  Search this

Scharf, William, 1927-  Search this

Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965  Search this

Sterne, Hedda, 1910-2011  Search this

Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980  Search this

Extent:

34.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Sketches

Christmas cards

Drawings

Date:

1853-2013

bulk 1920-1996

Summary:

The papers of contemporary and folk art curator, historian, and consultant Dorothy C. Miller measure 34.6 linear feet and date from 1853-2013, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920 to 1996. The papers primarily concern Miller's private art consulting work outside of her curatorial work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Found are scattered biographical materials, extensive correspondence and subject files, and project files for her art consulting work for the Rockefeller family, Rockefeller University, Chase Manhattan Bank, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the World Trade Center, and other miscellaneous corporate and private clients. Miller's work as a trustee and committee member of various public and private boards and commissions is also represented here. Additionally, the papers contain Miller's research files on Edward Hicks and folk art, and a small number of files of her husband Holger Cahill about his work as Director of the Federal Art Project. There is a scattered documentation of Miller's early curatorial work with Holger Cahill on the First Municipal Art Exhibition (1934) held at the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center. Also found is Dorothy Miller's collection of artists' Christmas cards and photographs of Miller and others. An addition to the papers includes biographical material; family papers; correspondence; professional files; art collection and client files; printed material; and photographic material. While a small number professional files are included, the majority of the addition relates to her personal life, including correspondence with her husband Holger Cahill, and files pertaining to her personal art collection.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of contemporary and folk art curator, historian, and consultant Dorothy C. Miller measure 34.6 linear feet and date from 1853-2013, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920 to 1996. The papers primarily concern Miller's art consulting work outside of her curatorial work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York city. Found are scattered biographical materials, extensive correspondence and subject files, and project files for her art consulting work for the Rockefeller family, Rockefeller University, Chase Manhattan Bank, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and other miscellaneous corporate and private clients. Her work as a trustee and committee member of various public and private boards and commissions is also represented here. Additionally, the papers contain Miller's research files on Edward Hicks and folk art, and a small number of files related to Miller's husband Holger Cahill and his work as Director of the Federal Art Project. There is important documentation of Miller's early curatorial work with Holger Cahill on the First Municipal Art Exhibition (1934) held at the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center. Artwork includes scattered sketches and drawings enclosed with correspondence and original Christmas cards sent to Miller by various artists. Photographs of Miller date from 1926 - circa 1950.

Scattered biographical material mostly concerns Miller's education at Smith College and awards and honorary degrees that she received. Extensive correspondence and subject files document her professional and personal relationships with family, friends, colleagues, museums, art dealers and artists, as well as her research interests. Individual files may contain a mix of correspondence with, as well as about, the person or subject, compiled research documents, printed materials, and scattered photographs. Files are found for Lewin Alcopley, Alfred Barr, Betty Parsons Gallery, Cahill family members, Lee Bontecou, James Byars, Holger Cahill, Alexander Calder, Christo, Chryssa, Calvert Coggeshall, John Canaday, Maryette Charlton, Stuart Davis, Jay DeFeo, Lorser Feitelson, Arshile Gorky, Peggy Guggenheim, Grace Hartigan, Will Horwitt, Jasper Johns, Julien Levy, Pierre Matisse, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Isamu Nauchi, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Kay Sage, Charles Sheeler, Hedda Sterne, travel, Clyfford Still, William Scharf, among many others.

Detailed records of Miller's art consulting and advisory work for the Rockefeller family include correspondence with Nelson A. Rockefeller and David Rockefeller about building their personal collections of contemporary and folk art, meeting notes and minutes, research notes and writings, and printed materials. The largest group of records concerns the writing and publication of The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection: Masterpieces of Modern Art. Miller's curatorial work for David Rockefeller and the Rockefeller University's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Hall art collection is documented in Series 4 through curatorial files, correspondence, printed materials, photographs and slides, artists files, and design records.

Series 5 contains files relating to Miller's work as the first art consutant to the Chase Manhattan Bank and the building of the corporation's extensive collection of contemporary art. There is a draft of Miller's text for the bank's published catalog, Art At Work: Chase Manhattan Bank Collection. A smaller set of records is found in Series 6 documenting Miller's work on the Art Committee of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, including files about selecting artwork for the World Trade Center during the early 1970s. Files concerning Miller's advisory work with additional public and private clients, boards, and commissions are arranged in Series 7 and 8 and concern the Amstar Corporation, Fidelity International Bank, First National Bank of Tampa, First National City Bank, Inmont Corporation, Pepsico, United Mutual Savings Bank, the Empire State Plaza Art Commission, the Hancock Shaker Village, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Mark Rothko Foundation, the Museum of American Folk Art, and the Smith College Museum of Art.

Miller's papers include a small group of files relating to the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP)created by her husband Holger Cahill when he was director of the FAP, Holger Cahill. A small series is devoted to Miller's work with Eleanore Price Mather researching and writing Edward Hicks: His Peaceable Kingdom and Other Paintings. A series of general research files contain miscellaneous research notes and photographs related to Miller's interests in early American art and folk art. Series 12 contains important documentation of Miller's early curatorial work with Holger Cahill on the First Municipal Art Exhibition (1934) held at the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center.

Works of art are primarily in the form of Christmas cards sent to Miller by various artists including Elise Asher, Lyonel Feininger, Bernard Karpel, and Irene Rice Pereira. A small group of photographs includes photographs of Miller from 1926-circa 1950 and a few photographs of others.

The addition includes biographical material; family papers; correspondence; professional files; art collection and client files; printed material; and photographic material. While a small number of professional files are found here, the majority of material relates to Miller's personal life, including correspondence with her husband Holger Cahill, and files pertaining to her personal art collection. Scattered correspondence, inventories, research, and notes created by curator and donor of the papers, Wendy Jeffers, are found throughout the collection. These materials date from the 1980s-2000s.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 15 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1917-1986 (Box 1; 0.3 linear ft.)

Series 2: Correspondence and Subject Files, circa 1912-1992 (Boxes 1-8, OV 27; 7.2 linear ft.)

Series 3: Rockefeller Family Art Collections, circa 1949-1985 (Boxes 8-12, 25; 3.9 linear ft.)

Series 4: Rockefeller University Collection, 1923-1984 (Boxes 12-13, OV 27; 1.0 linear ft.)

Series 5: Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, 1959-circa 1985 (Boxes 13-14, 26; 1.4 linear ft.)

Series 6: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Art Committee, circa 1965-1987 (Boxes 14-15, OV 27; 0.8 linear ft.)

Series 7: Other Corporate and Private Clients, 1968-1984 (Boxes 15-16; 1.3 linear ft.)

Series 8: Other Boards, Committees and Commissions, 1925, 1949-1985 (Boxes 16-20; 3.6 linear ft.)

Series 9: Works Project Administration Federal Art Project Files, 1935-1979 (Box 20, OV 27; 0.5 linear ft.)

Series 10: Edward Hicks Catalog, 1934-1984 (Boxes 20-22; 1.5 linear ft.)

Series 11: Research Files, 1930s-1980 (Boxes 22-23; 0.8 linear ft.)

Series 12: Exhibition Files, 1932-1986 (Box 23; 0.6 linear ft.)

Series 13: Works of Art, circa 1924-circa 1982 (Boxes 23-25; 1.5 linear ft.)

Series 14: Photographs, 1926-circa 1970s (Boxes 24-25; 0.3 linear ft.)

Series 15: Addition to the Dorothy C. Miller Papers, 1853-2003, bulk 1920-1996 (Boxes 28-38, OVs 39-41; 9.9 linear ft.)

Biographical Note:

Dorothy Canning Miller (1904-2003) worked in New York City as a highly influential curator of contemporary and folk art at the Museum of Modern Art and as the first curator of the museum. Later, she was the primary art consultant for Nelson A. Rockefeller, the Rockefeller family, Rockefeller University, Chase Manhattan Bank, and the Port Authority of and New Jersey. Dorothy Miller was also married to Holger Cahill, director of the WPA Federal Art Project.

Dorothy C. Miller was born in Hopedale, Massachusetts in 1904 and received her Bachelor of Arts from Smith College in 1925. She was first introduced to modern art through classes at the Newark Museum taught by John Cotton Dana and Holger Cahill. Miller joined the curatorial staff of the Newark Museum in 1926. The museum was one of the first to organize exhibitions of American folk art, American Primitives (1930-1931) and American Folk Sculpture (1931-1932). Miller worked with Cahill and others on the exhibition and developed a life-long interest in folk art.

After four years at the Newark Museum, Miller moved to New York city, hoping to get involved with the newly opened Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and, likely, to be with Holger Cahill, with whom she lived with on 8th Street prior to their marriage in 1938. Between 1930 and 1932 she took odd jobs and worked with Mrs. Henry Lang cataloging, researching and installing Lang's collection of Native American art Lang donated to the Montclair Art Museum. At the same time, Holger Cahill was serving as Acting Director of the Museum of Modern Art during an absence of Director Alfred H. Barr. In 1932, Cahill asked Miller to assist him with curating the American Painting and Sculpture, 1862-1932 exhibition at MoMA, and together they also curated the First Municipal Art Exhibition, 1934 at the Rockefeller Center.

In 1934, Barr hired Miller as his assistant and one year later appointed her as MoMA's first curator. Miller spent the next 35 years organizing many of this country's most important exhibitions of contemporary art and building personal relationships with new artists and photographers, as well as the collections of MoMA. Miller retired from MOMA in 1969 and focused more on her art consulting work begun in the late 1950s.

Dorothy Miller's most notable client was Nelson A. Rockefeller. She assisted and advised Rockefeller as he acquired a vast personal collection of modern art - some of which was later donated to MoMA. Just prior to her retirement, Miller organized a large exhibition of Rockefeller's collection. The exhibition catalog written by Miller was the basis for the book she worked on with Rockefeller up until and following his death in 1979, ultimately published as The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection: Masterpieces of Modern Art. In the preface, Rockefeller credited Miller with being one of the four people to whom he was indebted "for the understanding and endless joy I have found in the collecting of modern art in all forms."

Miller also served as the primary art consultant for projects to furnish federal spaces, including Henry Kissinger's State Department office suite, and the official Vice-Presidential residence at the Admiral's House in Washington D.C.

In 1959 Miller was invited to join the art collection committee of the Chase Manhattan Bank and served on the committee until the mid-1980s, contributing her expertise to the development of one of this country's oldest and largest corporate collections of modern and contemporary art.

Miller was also an advisor to other members of the Rockefeller family, including David Rockefeller, and assisted with developing the art collections of Rockefeller Institute/University. From 1960 through the late 1980s Miller was a member of the art committee for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANJY) and was responsible for selecting much of the artwork for the World Trade Center in the 1970s. She served on numerous boards and commissions, including the Hancock Shaker Village, the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Empire State Plaza in Albany, Smith College Museum of Art, and the Museum of American Folk Art. She also became a member of the Mark Rothko Foundation Board of Directors after the litigation following Rothko's death between Rothko's executors and his daughter.

In the mid-1970s Miller assisted the Whitney Museum of American with planning an exhibition and supporting catalog of the work of folk artist Edward Hicks. Although the exhibition and catalog were only partially realized in 1980, Miller and Eleanore Price Mather compiled and published a book on Hicks, Edward Hicks: His Peaceable Kingdoms and Other Paintings, published in 1983.

In 1982-1983 Miller received the Art Dealers Association Special Award, an honorary degree from Williams College, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture governor's award. In 1984 she was named honorary trustee of the Museum of Modern Art. In 1985 the Smith College Museum of Art honored her important contributions to museum connoisseurship with the exhibition Dorothy C. Miller: With An Eye to American Art.

Dorothy Miller died in 2003 at the age of 99 at her home in Greenwich, New York.

Related Material:

The Archives of American Art holds two oral history interviews with Dorothy C. Miller. The first was conducted by Paul Cummings between May 26, 1970 and September 28, 1971, and details Miller's life from childhood up to, and including, her years at the Museum of Modern Art. The second was conducted by Avis Berman on May 14, 1981 and covers Miller's relationships with Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still. Also found among the holdings of the Archives are the papers of Holger Cahill, Dorothy Miller's husband and colleague.

The Museum of Modern Art Achives holds Dorothy Miller's papers related to her curatorial work at the museum.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Dorothy C. Miller via Wendy Jeffers between 1986 and 1997, and Reid White, Executor of Miller's estate, in 2004. Two subsequent additions were donated by Wendy Jeffers in 2014 and 2015.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Art museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Corporations -- Private collections  Search this

Art -- Private collections  Search this

Folk art  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Sketches

Christmas cards

Drawings

Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.milldoro

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Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f1ed6cb6-f194-4b76-a8dd-fce3352c09b8

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Container:

Box 36, Folder 18

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1900-1970

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Dorothy C. Miller papers

Dorothy C. Miller papers / Series 15: Addition to the Dorothy C. Miller Papers / 15.7: Photographic Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Extent:

0.3 Linear feet (Boxes 24-25)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1926-circa 1970s

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs are of Dorothy Miller, including portraits by Soichi Sunami, and of Miller with others, including Bernard Pfriem. There are two prints and a series of 9 transparencies labeled as having been taken by artist Lyonel Feininger of Miller in the 1950s. There are also photographs of Holger Cahill and Curt Valentin. Also found are transparencies of a portrait of Holger Cahill by Icelandic artist Nina Tryggvadottir.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.milldoro, Series 14

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Dorothy C. Miller papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9eb34d9e0-a31d-43a2-a09c-5db035a16c43

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref790

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Container:

Box 24, Folder 31

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1926

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Dorothy C. Miller papers

Dorothy C. Miller papers / Series 14: Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93d735dae-79be-409a-bb1e-082fec02c7c2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref795

Creator:

Charlton, Maryette  Search this

Names:

American University of Beirut -- Faculty  Search this

Art Institute of Chicago -- Faculty  Search this

Chicago Public School Art Society  Search this

Container Corporation of America  Search this

University of Iowa, Museum of Art  Search this

Andres, Jo  Search this

Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979  Search this

Cage, Xenia  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Court, Paula  Search this

Elliott, Leone  Search this

Elliott, Owen  Search this

Fujitomi, Yasuo, 1928-  Search this

Habachy, Nimet  Search this

Hadzi, Dimitri, 1921-2006  Search this

Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-  Search this

Hoff, Margo  Search this

Kiesler, Frederick  Search this

Kiesler, Lillian, 1910?-2001  Search this

Lubar, Cindy  Search this

MacIver, Loren, 1909-  Search this

Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989  Search this

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

Purdy, James  Search this

Reynal, Jeanne, 1903-  Search this

Smith, Kiki, 1954-  Search this

Takaezu, Toshiko  Search this

Tawney, Lenore  Search this

Von Brockdorff, Louise Medbery  Search this

Extent:

80.6 Linear feet

0.34 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Photographs

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Scripts (documents)

Drawings

Mail art

Motion pictures (visual works)

Video recordings

Date:

circa 1890-2013

Summary:

The papers of filmmaker, photographer, painter, printmaker, teacher, and arts advocate Maryette Charlton measure 81 linear feet and date from circa 1890 to 2013. This particularly rich collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, writings, 30 diaries, teaching files, professional and project files, major film project files, artist research files, exhibition files, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, 22 sketchbooks, extensive photographic materials, numerous sound and film recordings, a digitized sound recording, and an unintegrated later addition to the papers containing additional biographical materials, journals, correspondence, subject files, printed materials, and scattered photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of filmmaker, photographer, painter, printmaker, teacher, and arts advocate Maryette Charlton measure 81 linear feet and 0.34 gigabytes and date from circa 1890 to 2013. This particularly rich collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, writings, 30 diaries, teaching files, professional and project files, major film project files, artist research files, exhibition files, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, 22 sketchbooks, extensive photographic materials, numerous sound and video recordings, motion picture film, a digitized sound recording, and an unintegrated later addition to the papers containing additional biographical materials, journals, correspondence, subject files, printed materials, and scattered photographs.

Biographical materials consist of material on Maryette Charlton and her family. The subseries on Maryette Charlton includes a biographical chronology, passports, records of her marriage to Hall Winslow, information on studio spaces, school transcripts, and other material. Family files include genealogical charts and files of family members containing correspondence, writings, printed material, sound and video recordings, and photographs. The bulk of the family files are for Charlton's parents, Etna and Shannon, and her husband and son, Hall and Kirk Winslow.

Extensive correspondence is with family, friends, artists, and colleagues. Family correspondence is with her husband and son, parents, and extended family. Personal correspondence is with friends and colleagues, many of whom were famous artists. Named correspondence files and chonological correspondence files contain exchanges with Jo Andres, Elizabeth Bishop, Xenia Cage, Paula Court, Yasuo Fujitomi, Dimitri Hadzi, Margo Hoff, Sylvia Shaw Judson, Lillian Kiesler, Cindy Lubar, Loren MacIver, Pierre Matisse, Nimet (Saba Habachy), Henri Seyrig, Robert Wilson, and many others. There is also correspondence with colleges, museums, and universities.

Writings include academic papers and college class notes, titled essays, a notebook with sketches, and miscellaneous notes. Thirty diaries cover the period 1943 - 2001 and document a wide variety of topics, from film projects to travels to the art world in New York City. Some diaries are illustrated, including one illustrated by Alexander Calder at a party with Maryette, Ellsworth Kelly, and actress Delphine Seyrig. Journals from 1978-1979 tell of Charlton's experiences while appearing in films made by avant-garde director Richard Foreman. There is also one diary of Maryette's mother Etna Barr Charlton.

Teaching files document Charlton's career as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago and as the founder of and instructor at the American University of Beirut's art department. Files include appointment calendars, schedules, notes, lectures, news releases, printed material, and photographs.

Professional and project files consist of material related to Maryette Charlton's professional work at the University of Iowa Museum of Art, as a lecturer at the Chicago Public School Art Society, color analyst at the Container Corporation of America, executor of the estate of artist Louise Medbery von Brockdorff, fellowships, conferences, organizations, and the filming industry in general. There are files for the screening of Zen in Ryoko-In. The University of Iowa Museum of Art subseries consists of correspondence with fellow co-founders Leone and Owen Elliott, files on art donations, museum administration, annual reports, printed material, photographs, and sound and video recordings.

Artist research files consist of books, articles, and clippings collected by Charlton for research. Notable artists chronicled include Alexander Calder, James Purdy, Louise Nevelson, Kiki Smith, and Toshiko Takaezu.

Major film project files document Maryette Charlton's films about or with artists Frederick Kiesler (Trienniale, The Universal Theater and Kiesler on Kieseler), Lenore Tawney, Dorothy Miller, Loren MacIver, and Jeanne Reynal. The files for Frederick Kiesler also contain materials about his wife Lillian Kiesler, with whom Charlton had a long relationship and collaborated with on film projects. Individual film project files contain a wide variety of research and production documentation, including correspondence, writings, printed material, research files, exhibition catalogs, photographic materials, sound recordings of interviews and lectures, and Charlton's documentation about the creation and producation of each film, such as contracts, scripts, and distribution information. The film project files for Kiesler and Dorothy Miller are particularly rich, containing substantial amounts of primary source materials not found elsewhere. Sound and video recordings are found throughout the series, as well as 4 film reels.

Files documenting Maryette Charlton's group and solo exhibitions include catalogs and announcements, publicity, printed material, mailing lists, art inventory, sales lists, correspondence, and other material.

Printed materials include other exhibition catalogs, books, posters, magazines, and clippings. There are many books on color theory from Maryette Charlton's job as a color analyst and substanial printed material on Frederick Kiesler. Scrapbooks document Maryette Charlton's personal life from high school, college, and summer camp, as well as exhibitions of her own work, and miscellaneous subjects.

Artwork includes sketches and drawings by Maryette Charlton, some drawings by Lillian Kiesler and others, and mail art created by various artists. There are also 22 sketchbooks filled with pencil, ink, and crayon drawings and sketches, with occasional annotations.

Photographic materials include photographs, slides, negatives, and photograph albums. There are photographs of Maryette Charlton, her travels, family, friends, and artists. Photographs are also found throughout other series.

Sound and video recordings which could not be merged with other series were arranged in an audiovisual series. There are recordings of radio programs and performances Maryette Charlton attended or participated in as well as miscellaneous recordings of artists and events.

The 2014 addition to the Maryette Charlton papers consists of biographical materials, journals, correspondence, subject files, printed materials, and a small number of photographs.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 16 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1896-2005 (3.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-4, 80)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1930-2010 (23.3 linear feet; Boxes 4-27, 80)

Series 3: Writings, 1942-1999 (1 linear feet; Boxes 27-28)

Series 4: Diaries, 1943-2001 (2.1 linear feet; Boxes 28-30)

Series 5: Teaching Files, 1946-1997 (3.6 linear feet; Boxes 30-33, 80)

Series 6: Professional and Project Files, 1923-1998 (7.6 linear feet; Boxes 34-41, 81, OV 87)

Series 7: Artist Research Files, 1949-circa 2000 (1.8 linear feet; Boxes 41-43, FCs 88-89)

Series 8: Major Film Projects, 1904-2007 (18.8 linear feet, 0.34 GB; Boxes 43-61, 81-82, OV 87, FC 90-91, ER01)

Series 9: Exhibition Files, 1950-2000 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 61-62)

Series 10: Printed Material, 1924-2000 (3.2 linear feet; Boxes 62-65, 82, OV 87)

Series 11: Scrapbooks, 1939-2010 (0.8 linear feet; Box 65, 82-83)

Series 12: Artwork, 1950-1998 (0.9 linear feet; Boxes 65-66, 84)

Series 13: Sketchbooks, 1949-1996 (0.5 linear feet; Box 66)

Series 14: Photographic Materials, circa 1890-circa 2010 (7.8 linear feet; Boxes 67-74, 84-86)

Series 15: Sound and Video Recordings, circa 1953-2008 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 74-75, 86)

Series 16: Addition to Maryette Charlton papers, 1951-2013 (3.7 linear feet; Boxes 75-79, 86)

Biographical / Historical:

Maryette Charlton (1924-2013) was a painter, printmaker, photographer, filmmaker and arts advocate based in Chicago, Illinois, and New York, New York.

Maryette Charlton was born in Manchester, Iowa on May 18, 1924. Her parents were Shannon and Etna Charlton and she had 2 siblings. Charlton pursued her undergraduate studies at Monticello College and Northwestern University in Illinois, Antioch College in Ohio, and the University of Colorado before receiving a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. She continued her studies in Chicago, Illinois with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Hugo Weber at the Institute of Design and Art Institute of Chicago. From 1948 to 1952, she was a Department of Education lecturer at the Art Institute of Chicago museum galleries and also gave talks at schools for the Chicago Public School Art Society.

Between 1942-1951, Maryette Charlton worked as a color analyst for the Container Corporation of America. In 1952, Charlton founded the Art Department of the American University of Beirut and taught there as an assistant professor until 1956. While in Beirut, Charlton married photographer Hall Winslow in 1953 and their only child Kirk Winslow was born in 1955. Winslow and Charlton later divorced in 1973.

Charlton moved to New York City in 1955. She began a master's program at Columbia University and graduated with a M.F.A in film and printmaking in 1958.

Charlton made numerous documentary films, mostly about American artists including Alexander Calder, e. e. cummings, Jeanne Reynal, Dorothy Miller, Pierre Matisse, Lenore Tawney, and Loren MacIver. She also worked tirelessly to promote the work of sculptor, architect, and set designer Frederick Kiesler. She was the camera woman for Kiesler's Kiesler's Universal Theater which aired on CBS in 1962. She became close friends with Kiesler's widow, Lillian, and they collaborated on the film Kiesler on Kiesler and numerous other film and art projects, supporting the work of young artists. Charlton also worked on commissioned films, including The Mosaics of Jeanne Reynal and Zen in Ryoko-in. Charlton befriended many artists in the visual, literary, and film worlds, including Elizabeth Bishop, Dimitri Hadzi, Margo Hoff, James Purdy, and Delphine Seyrig.

A performer in her own right, Charlton appeared in the works of Richard Foreman, Jo Andres, and others. She also played the part of Helen Keller in the film Ghostlight (2003).

An Iowa native, Charlton founded the University of Iowa Museum of Art together with Leone and Owen Elliott. She maintained a close relationship with the Iowa Museum over many years as a donor and chronicler.

Charlton died in New York City on November 25, 2013.

Related Materials:

The Houghton Library at Harvard University and the University of Iowa Museum of Art also hold papers and artwork by Maryette Charlton. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, houses the film Kiesler on Kiesler, created by Maryette Charlton.

The Archives of American Art also has the papers of Frederick and Lillian Kiesler, a portion of which was donated by Charlton.

Provenance:

The Maryette Charlton papers were donated in multiple accretions from 1998-2011 by Maryette Charlton, and in 2013-2014 by the Maryette Charlton estate via Jo Andres, executor.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

Rights:

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Occupation:

Filmmakers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art teachers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Museums -- Administration  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women photographers  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Color  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Scripts (documents)

Drawings

Mail art

Motion pictures (visual works)

Video recordings

Citation:

Maryette Charlton papers, circa 1890-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund

Identifier:

AAA.charmary

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw914a42bb1-d069-466f-8948-94f4bf257230

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-charmary

Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Subject:

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich)  Search this

Cahill, Holger  Search this

Rothko, Mark  Search this

Coggeshall, Calvert  Search this

Hicks, Edward  Search this

Still, Clyfford  Search this

Calder, Alexander  Search this

Gorky, Arshile  Search this

Charlton, Maryette  Search this

Feininger, Lyonel  Search this

Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice)  Search this

Johns, Jasper  Search this

Horwitt, Will  Search this

DeFeo, Jay  Search this

Christo  Search this

Nevelson, Louise  Search this

Sheeler, Charles  Search this

Rauschenberg, Robert  Search this

Karpel, Bernard  Search this

Copley, Alfred L.  Search this

Davis, Stuart  Search this

Newman, Barnett  Search this

Sage, Kay  Search this

Byars, James Lee  Search this

Mather, Eleanore Price  Search this

Barr, Alfred H., Jr.  Search this

Feitelson, Lorser  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia  Search this

Hartigan, Grace  Search this

Noguchi, Isamu  Search this

Chryssa  Search this

Levy, Julien  Search this

Asher, Elise  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad  Search this

Scharf, William  Search this

Matisse, Pierre  Search this

Bontecou, Lee  Search this

Canady, John  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Guggenheim, Peggy  Search this

Sterne, Hedda  Search this

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Betty Parsons Gallery  Search this

Rockefeller University  Search this

Smith College. Museum of Art  Search this

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey  Search this

Chase Manhattan Bank  Search this

Municipal Art Exhibition (1st : 1934 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Mark Rothko Foundation  Search this

Smith College  Search this

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

PepsiCo, Inc.  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Sketches

Christmas cards

Drawings

Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Corporations -- Private collections  Search this

Art -- Private collections  Search this

Folk art  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6469

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215653

AAA_collcode_milldoro

Theme:

Women

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215653

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Container:

Box 23, Folder 11

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1957-1969

Scope and Contents:

Oversized material housed in Box 25

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Dorothy C. Miller papers / Series 13: Works of Art / Original Christmas Cards

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Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99c385231-4f1e-45e2-83b9-bdd6ff9ffec8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref1756

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Container:

Box 23, Folder 10

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1956-circa 1957

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Dorothy C. Miller papers / Series 13: Works of Art / Original Christmas Cards

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Archives of American Art

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw968ffd240-a97f-4f97-9ee4-f0904030f2c7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref754

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Container:

Box 25, Folder

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1959

Scope and Contents:

Oversized material digitized with Box 23, F 11

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f680a020-4df8-4d6c-a1a5-7f6101f9e19b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref779

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Extent:

9.9 Linear feet (Boxes 28-38, OVs 39-41)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1853-2013

bulk 1920-1996

Scope and Contents:

The addition to the Dorothy C. Miller papers includes biographical material; family papers; correspondence; professional files; art collection and client files; printed material; and photographic material. While a small number of professional files are found here, the majority of material relates to Miller's personal life, including correspondence with her husband Holger Cahill, and files pertaining to her personal art collection. Scattered correspondence, inventories, research, and notes created by curator and donor, Wendy Jeffers, are found throughout the collection. These materials date from the 1980s-2000s.

Arrangement:

The series is arranged as seven subseries

Missing Title

15.1: Biographical Material, circa 1950-1985 (Box 28; 2 folders)

15.2: Family Papers, 1853-2002 (Boxes 28-30, OV 39; 2.4 linear feet)

15.3: Correspondence, 1912-2006 (Boxes 30-31; 1.1 linear feet)

15.4: Professional Files, circa 1926-1985 (Box 31; 0.2 linear feet)

15.5: Art Collection and Client Files, circa 1926-1996 (Boxes 31-35; 3.5 linear feet)

15.6: Printed Material, 1876-2003 (Boxes 35-36, OV 40; 1.7 linear feet)

15.7: Photographic Material, circa 1900-2013 (Boxes 36-38, OV 41; 1 linear foot)

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.milldoro, Series 15

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a7799afb-7cee-4b49-8581-ac9725dbb65c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref1006

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Extent:

2 Folders (Box 28)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1950-1985

Scope and Contents:

Biographical material consists of one folder of biographical essays and one folder of receipts and business cards for clothing, music performances, and other personal items.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.milldoro, Subseries 15.1

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Dorothy C. Miller papers / Series 15: Addition to the Dorothy C. Miller Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93bb6252c-0700-4125-bc7f-373c6b763718

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref1007

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Extent:

2.4 Linear feet (Boxes 28-30, OV 39)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1853-2002

Scope and Contents:

Family papers include correspondence, writings, personal business records, photographic material, and genealogies relating to Miller's paternal (Miller) and maternal (Canning) relatives. The bulk of the family papers relate to Miller's father, Arthur Barrett Miller, an architect and engineer for the Walter B. Kidde Company and resident of Montclair, New Jersey. Upon retirement, Miller worked for John D. Rockefeller on his estate in Tarrytown, New York. Also found here are a few items of correspondence with Dorothy C. Miller as a child.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.milldoro, Subseries 15.2

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Dorothy C. Miller papers / Series 15: Addition to the Dorothy C. Miller Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98bd12a87-2ade-4dd9-9c88-9f9589f29e5f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref1008

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Extent:

1.1 Linear feet (Boxes 30-31)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1912-2006

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence is predominantly personal and is with family, friends, and artists. In addition to items of correspondence, files may contain photographic material, clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, poems, shipping receipts, and purchase orders. Several folders contain correspondence between Miller and her husband Cahill from the first few decades of their marriage. One folder of professional correspondence relates to her work at the Museum of Modern art and to professional recognitions.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.milldoro, Subseries 15.3

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90abe7e4a-c66d-4173-84d9-37eb99c10856

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref1009

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet (Box 31)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1926-1985

Scope and Contents:

Professional files include notes for an unfinished book project, an essay Miller wrote for an exhibition at the Neuberger Museum, a folder relating to her work at the Newark Museum, and a few scattered notes.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.milldoro, Subseries 15.4

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw917e69d12-683b-45cc-988f-5ce878a61154

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref1010

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Extent:

3.5 Linear feet (Boxes 31-35)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1926-1996

Scope and Contents:

Art collection and client files predominantly relate to Miller and Cahill's personal art collection, although some scattered correspondence with clients is also found here. An alphabetical arrangement of artists' in the collection includes correspondence, photographic material, sales and loan records, and exhibition announcements and catalogs. The Lucas Samaras folder contains two drawings made for Miller. Another grouping details artworks in the collection and includes binders of photographs itemizing the works, as well as folders arranged by type or subject which include correspondence, photographic material, sales and loan records, and provenance research. Other files found here document the conservation, consignment, financials, gifts, inventory, and loans of the collection. The last folder in this subseries relates to the art collection of Miller's paternal grandfather, William Miller.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.milldoro, Subseries 15.5

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91cdd630e-03c0-49e1-aa2b-e33e1581664a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref1011

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Extent:

1.7 Linear feet (Boxes 35-36, OV 40)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1876-2003

Scope and Contents:

Printed material includes announcements, auction catalogs, annotated and autographed books, booklets, clippings, exhibitions catalogs, periodicals, stationary, and a few other assorted materials. The majority of the items here document Miller's interest in American folk art, and a few items relate to modern art. Books are annotated or autographed by Miller or Cahill. A few auction catalogs are for the sale of items in Miller's estate after she died in 2003.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.milldoro, Subseries 15.6

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ce0218c4-5a41-4aee-ad72-b14f9b7c83fe

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref1012

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Extent:

1 Linear foot (Boxes 36-38, OV 41)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1900-2013

Scope and Contents:

Photographic material consists of photographs, negatives, contact sheets, and slides. The majority of photographs document Miller with family, friends, artists, and others. Four folders at the end of the series are negatives and contact sheets, primarily of Miller's homes and art collections in New York City and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Also found in these folders are images of Miller that have been re-photographed from the original prints. One portrait of Miller by Soichi Sunami and one by Lynn Gilbert are housed in OV 41.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.milldoro, Subseries 15.7

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Dorothy C. Miller papers / Series 15: Addition to the Dorothy C. Miller Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97b267aa5-5341-4511-9f0a-f2ab0e860856

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-milldoro-ref1013

Collection Creator:

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Container:

Box 28, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1957-1985

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

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Collection Citation:

Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Dorothy C. Miller papers

Dorothy C. Miller papers / Series 15: Addition to the Dorothy C. Miller Papers / 15.1: Biographical Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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