Art Collection and Client Files
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003
- See more items in
- Dorothy C. Miller papers
- Dorothy C. Miller papers / Series 15: Addition to the Dorothy C. Miller Papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
- Extent
- 3.5 Linear feet (Boxes 31-35)
- Date
- circa 1926-1996
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.milldoro, Subseries 15.5
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- 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.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503513295030-1503513295130-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0