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Interviewee:

Miller, John Paul, 1918-  Search this

Interviewer:

Yager, Jan, 1951-  Search this

Subject:

Miller, Frederick A.  Search this

Cleveland School of Art  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with John Paul Miller, 2004 August 22-23. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Jewelry making  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12877

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)249013

AAA_collcode_miller04

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_249013

Interviewee:

Miller, John Paul, 1918-  Search this

Interviewer:

Yager, Jan, 1951-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Cleveland School of Art -- Faculty  Search this

Cleveland School of Art -- Students  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Miller, Frederick A.  Search this

Extent:

104 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2004 August 22-23

Scope and Contents:

An interview of John Paul Miller conducted 2004 August 22-23, by Jan Yager, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Brecksville, Ohio.

Mr. Miller speaks of spending summers with his grandparents in central Pennsylvania; growing up in Cleveland, Ohio; taking art classes as a child at the Cleveland Museum of Art and in school; participating in theater and set design; attending the Cleveland School of Art and majoring in industrial design; meeting fellow student Fred Miller; working as a film editor; directing a documentary in Alaska; painting murals while in the army; exhibiting early jewelry in the "May Show;" traveling cross-country with silversmith Baron Erik Fleming; researching and experimenting with the granulation process; visiting museums in Europe; teaching at the Cleveland School of Art; being influenced by various books; choosing to work with metal; and pricing and selling his pieces. Mr. Miller also speaks of the enameling process; exhibiting in various local, national, and international shows; sharing a studio with Fred Miller; making gold granules; his work in museum collections; being inspired by Fabergé; making functional, wearable jewelry; the role of nature in his artwork; assembling his pieces; corresponding with German jeweler Elizabeth Treskow; working at Potter and Mellen; traveling throughout Europe; moving to Brecksville, Ohio, and building a home studio; participating in the American Craft Council; making films on metalsmith techniques; subscribing to craft publications; how crafts have changed since he started working; how American and international jewelry compare; his design philosophy; plans for the future; and balancing teaching with studio work. Mr. Miller also recalls Otto Ege, Kenneth Bates, Viktor Schrekengost, Harry Bertoia, Margret Craver, Alma Eikerman, Margaret De Patta, Toshiko Takaezu, Robert von Neumann, Peter Voulkos, Alexander Calder, John Marshall, William Harper, Solve Holquist, Anni Albers, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

John Paul Miller (1918- ) is a jeweler, enamelist, goldsmith, and educator from Brecksville, Ohio; Jan Yager is a jeweler and metalsmith from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

General:

Originally recorded on 6 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hrs., 58 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Jewelry making  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.miller04

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw925ed4558-d3e0-470a-b67b-f1e553736a28

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-miller04

Interviewee:

Marshall, John, 1936-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Carnegie Institute of Technology -- Students  Search this

Carnegie Museum of Art -- Students  Search this

Cleveland Institute of Art -- Students  Search this

Grove City College -- Students  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Syracuse University -- Faculty  Search this

Bacorn, Don  Search this

Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis), 1904-1994  Search this

Clague, John, 1928-  Search this

DuSell, Lee  Search this

Griffin, Gary, 1945-  Search this

Hauberg, Anne Gould  Search this

Lannan, J. Patrick  Search this

Lutz, Winifred  Search this

Metcalf, Bruce, 1949-  Search this

Miller, Fred, (Decorative artist)  Search this

Miller, John Paul, 1918-  Search this

Nordness, Lee  Search this

Penington, Ruth, b. 1905  Search this

Scott, Michael, 1958-  Search this

Smith, Paul J., 1931-  Search this

Solberg, Ramona  Search this

Takaezu, Toshiko  Search this

Extent:

6 Items (Sound recording: 6 sound files (3 hrs., 2 min.), digital, wav)

45 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Europe -- description and travel

Germany -- description and travel

Date:

2001 April 5

Scope and Contents:

An interview of John Marshall conducted 2001 April 5, by Lloyd Herman, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Edmonds, Washington.

Marshall speaks of his childhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; participating in an educational program with the Carnegie Museum; his exposure to art while in grade school and throughout his education; joining the army after high school; spending time in Germany with the army and experiencing the metalwork of that area; learning to work hard from his father; his family background; attending Grove City College, then working in construction during the day and going to classes at Carnegie Tech during the night; finally attending Cleveland Institute of Art; some of his teachers at the Institute, Kenneth Bates, Toshiko Takaezu, and John Clague; his first experiences with metal, Fred Miller, and learning how to design metal pieces; getting a job as head of the metals department at Syracuse and completing his MFA there; meeting Paul Smith and Lee Nordness, and participating in Objects: USA; his travels throughout Europe; the many commissions he has done for churches, everything from baptismal bowls, chalices, and crosses; Patrick Lannan, and how instrumental he was in Marshall's career, his collection of work that Lannan bought and where it all is now located; the different types of communities in the different areas he lived; commissions and how they were important to his career; how he challenges himself with new ideas and creations; the Handy and Harman Workshop; the difference between a university trained artist and one who has learned his/her craft outside academia; his students and how much satisfaction he has received from teaching; the decline in metal working programs at the university level; the influence of other faculty members on his work, such as Lee DuSell; the critics of metalwork, Bruce Metcalf and Gary Griffin; his involvement in the Society of North American Goldsmiths; and his two sons. Marshall also recalls John Paul Miller, Winifred Lutz, Ramona Solberg, Ruth Penington, Michael Scott, Don Bacorn, Annie Hauberg, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

John Marshall (1936- ) is a jeweler and metalsmith from Edmonds, Washington. Lloyd Herman (1936- ) is the former director of the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery from Seattle, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 2 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Jewelers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Religious articles  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.marsha01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98ec173b0-a717-4bbd-8ca7-080527025662

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-marsha01

Creator:

Renwick Gallery  Search this

Names:

American metalsmithing and jewelrymaking in the 1940s and 1950s (1982 : Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Adler, Allan  Search this

Baldridge, Mark S., 1946-  Search this

Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis), 1904-1994  Search this

Cardinale, Robert L.  Search this

Christensen, Hans, 1924-1983  Search this

Eikerman, Alma  Search this

Fisch, Arline M.  Search this

Husted-Andersen, Adda  Search this

Miller, Frederick A.  Search this

Miller, John Paul, 1918-  Search this

Pearson, Ronald H. (Ronald Hayes), 1924-1996  Search this

Penington, Ruth, b. 1905  Search this

Prip, John, 1922-2009  Search this

Pulos, Arthur J.  Search this

Smith, Carlyle H., 1912-2004  Search this

Thomas, Richard C., 1917-1988  Search this

Vierthaler, Arthur A., 1916-  Search this

Von Neumann, Robert  Search this

Winston, Robert, 1915-  Search this

Withers, Margret Craver, 1907-  Search this

Extent:

2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Date:

1979-1983

Scope and Contents:

Records of the symposium "American Metalsmithing and Jewelrymaking in the 1940s and 1950s" sponsored by the Renwick Gallery, Sept. 24-25, 1982

Biographical / Historical:

Symposium was organized by Mark Baldridge and Lloyd Herman.

Provenance:

Transferred 1982 and 1985 from the Renwick Gallery. An additional file of records was donated 1995 by organizer Mark Baldridge.

Restrictions:

Unmicrofilmed and untranscribed; use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. office.

Occupation:

Jewelers  Search this

Enamelers  Search this

Goldsmiths  Search this

Metal-workers  Search this

Silversmiths  Search this

Topic:

Jewelry making  Search this

Metal-workers  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.renwgall

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92ce66e5b-7ad6-4c1e-9764-9dba53104943

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-renwgall

Creator:

McClelland, Elizabeth  Search this

Names:

Davis, David E., 1920-2002  Search this

Mieczkowski, Ed, 1929-  Search this

Miller, Frederick A.  Search this

Miller, John Paul, 1918-  Search this

Ouich, David  Search this

Pearson, John, 1940-  Search this

Sloane, Phyllis, 1921-  Search this

Stanczak, Julian, 1928-2017  Search this

Tacha, Athena, 1936-  Search this

Extent:

13 Items (sound cassettes)

68 Pages (Transcript: Frederick and John Miller)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1975-1979

Scope and Contents:

Interviews conducted by Elizabeth McClelland. Interviewees include: David E. Davis, Edwin Mieczkowski, Frederick A. Miller (36 p.), John Paul Miller (32 p.), David Ouich, John Pearson, Phyllis L. Sloane, Julian Stanczak and Athena Tacha.

Provenance:

Provenance unknown.

Restrictions:

DAVIS, MIECZKOWSKI, OUICH, PEARSON ACCESS RESTRICTED: written permission required.

Occupation:

Art teachers -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Art, American -- Ohio  Search this

Designers -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Educators -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.mccleliz

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9175e7e8f-65e4-46e1-ab05-95a80b3e067c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mccleliz