Correspondence and Subject Files
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003
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- Dorothy C. Miller papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
- Extent
- 7.2 Linear feet (Boxes 1-8, OV 27)
- Date
- circa 1912-1992
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.milldoro, Series 2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement note
- Files are arranged alphabetically by name or subject. For each letter of the alphabet, individually named files are followed by "Miscellaneous" files containing scattered correspondence with multiple correspondents.
- 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 note
- This series contains Miller's personal and professional correspondence and subject files on individuals or subjects. Individual files may contain correspondence, photographs, printed materials, research notes, essays and other writings, and scattered artwork. There is correspondence with galleries, museums, art associations, artists and other individuals from the art world, including Alfred Barr, Alexander Calder, John Canaday, Chryssa, Grace Hartigan, Will Horwitt, Ray Johnson, Miller and Cahill family members, Louise Nevelson, William Scharf, Hedda Sterne, Clyfford Still, and many others. Correspondence includes sketches and drawings by Lewin Alcopley, Will Horwitt, Gaston Gerreaud, Ray Johnson, Fred Martin, and Robert Osborn. Files on Louise Nevelson include photographs of Miller and Nevelson, including ones taken at the dedication of Nevelson's sculpture at the World Trade Center in January 1979. The files on Chryssa contain photographs of the artist's studio.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503513295030-1503513295061-8
- Metadata Usage
- CC0