General Research 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
- 0.8 Linear feet (Boxes 22-23)
- Date
- 1930s-1980
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.milldoro, Series 11
- 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 note
- This series contains materials relating to Miller's research projects and interests, particularly focusing on early American art and American folk art. Found here is correspondence, some of which relates to her curatorial work at MOMA. There is correspondence with Ed Fuller regarding his work about sculptor William Edmondson and with Wanda Corn about her research on American folk art. Also found are notes and correspondence providing scattered documentation of the collecting activities of Holger Cahill, Edith Halpert, Miller and others during the 1930s-1940s, and on folk art exhibitions organized by Cahill, as well as printed material, such as news clippings and journal articles on the subject of American folk art. The bulk of the series is comprised of photographs of artwork.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503513295030-1503513295117-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0