Archives of American Art
Dorothy C. Miller papers
Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003
AAA.milldoro
Archival Resource Key
34.6 Linear feet
1853-2013
bulk 1920-1996
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.
Collection is in English.
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.
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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.
Preferred Citation
Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1853-2013, bulk 1920-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
Portions of the Dorothy C. Miller papers were initially microfilmed in separate accretions upon receipt on reels NDA 15, 1105-1110, 3482, and 5285-5299, no longer in circulation. All accessions were merged and the papers were processed to a preliminary level by Ambika Sankaran in 2006 and to an intermediate level by Stephanie Ashley in 2008 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. The finding aid was prepared by Stephanie Ashley and Barbara Aikens in 2010-2011. A small addition of letters was added to the collection in 2014. The addition from 2015 was processed to a minimal level by Hilary Price in 2016.
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.
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.)
Other Finding Aids
Finding aid available for all but 2015 donation.
Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York
Photographs
Art museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York
Sketches
Corporations -- Private collections
Art -- Private collections
Christmas cards
Drawings
Folk art
Women museum curators
Women art historians
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.) -- Art collections
Federal Art Project
Betty Parsons Gallery
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 -- Art collections
Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
Rockefeller University
Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
Coggeshall, Calvert, 1907-1990
Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849
Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
Smith College. Museum of Art
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey -- Art collections
Charlton, Maryette
Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956
Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971
Johns, Jasper, 1930-
Horwitt, Will
DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989
Chase Manhattan Bank -- Art collections
Christo, 1935-
Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988
Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
Municipal Art Exhibition (1st : 1934 : New York, N.Y.)
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008
Mark Rothko Foundation
Smith College -- Students
Karpel, Bernard, 1911-1986
Copley, Alfred L.
Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970
Sage, Kay
Byars, James Lee
Mather, Eleanore Price, 1910-
Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Hartigan, Grace
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988
Chryssa, 1933-
Levy, Julien
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Asher, Elise, 1914-
Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967
Scharf, William, 1927-
Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989
Bontecou, Lee, 1931-
Canady, John
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
PepsiCo, Inc.
Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979
Sterne, Hedda, 1910-2011
Biographical Material
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
0.3 Linear feet
Box 1
1917-1986
Scope and Contents note
Scattered biographical materials primarily document Miller's education, awards, degrees, honors, and family history.
Awards and Honorary Degrees
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1917-1986
1
1-2
Bills and Receipts
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1947-1987
1
3
Christmas Lists
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1970-1971
1
4
Family History Notes and Item of Doll's Underwear
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circa 1932, 1965
1
5
Passport
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1927
1
6
Printed Material About Miller
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circa 1942-1981
1
7
Printed Material About Newark Museum Apprentice Class
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1934
1
8
Record of Miller's Trip to Williamsburg, Virginia
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1947
1
9
Rental Property Records
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1969-1973
1
10
Smith College Art Exams
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1923-1925
1
11
Smith College Art History Notes
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circa 1920s
1
12
Smith College Commencement Books
Archival Resource Key
1925
1
13
Smith College Miscellaneous Printed Material
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circa 1925
1
14
Smith College Report Card
Archival Resource Key
1925
1
15
Smith College Yearbook
Archival Resource Key
1925
1
16
Who's Who in American Art
Archival Resource Key
1981
1
17
Correspondence and Subject Files
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
7.2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-8, OV 27
circa 1912-1992
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.
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.
Abash, Cecile
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1976
1
18
Abbott, Berenice
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1979-1983
1
19
Abrams, Charles
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1972-1980
1
20
Abrams Original Editions
Archival Resource Key
1971
1
21
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1976-1978
1
22
African American Artists
Archival Resource Key
1968-1971
1
23
African Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950, 1973
1
24
Ahlander, Leslie Judd
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977
1
25
Alcopley, Lewin (Alfred L. Copley)
Archival Resource Key
1955-1971
1
26
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
Archival Resource Key
1969
1
27
Alexander, C. Marie
Archival Resource Key
1974-1978
1
28
Allen, C. Edmonds
Archival Resource Key
1974-1976
1
29
Allentown Art Museum
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1976-1979
1
30
American Art
Archival Resource Key
1961-1967
1
31
American Indians
Archival Resource Key
1976-circa 1979
1
32
Andrews, Benny
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1960-1969
1
33
Andrews, Dorothy
Archival Resource Key
1958
1
34
Antique Dealers
Archival Resource Key
1958-1974
1
35
Archives of American Art
Archival Resource Key
1961-1982
1
36
Artco
Archival Resource Key
circa 1974-1975
1
37
Arts Funding
Archival Resource Key
1969-1981
1
38
Association of Professional Art Advisors, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1978-1983
1
39
Association of the Bar
Archival Resource Key
1970
1
40
Auctions
Archival Resource Key
circa 1973-circa 1981
1
41
Automobile Crashes
Archival Resource Key
1961-1965
1
42
A, Miscellaneous: Abbott, Jere -- Avnet, Joan
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1966-1983
1
43
Baizerman, Saul
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1967-1972
1
44
Baker, Mildred
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1969-1971
1
45
Ball, George
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1971
1
46
Baltrusaites, Helene
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circa 1965-circa 1976
1
47
Barr, Alfred, Margaret, and Victoria
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1967-1985
1
48
Scope and Contents
(includes photos of Alfred Barr's retirement)
Berkshire Museum Exhibition (1976)
Archival Resource Key
1974-1976
1
49
Best, Peggy Worthington
Archival Resource Key
1973
1
50
Betty Parsons Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1979
1
51
Biala
Archival Resource Key
1950-1980
1
52
Biesel, Fred and Frances
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circa 1961-1962
1
53
Binning, Robin
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1977-1978
1
54
Bladen, Ronald
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1970-1972
1
55
Blank Postcards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s-circa 1980s
1
56
Blumenfeld, Jane (Holger Cahill's Daughter)
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1960-1984
1
57-58
Bolotowsky, Ilya
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1972-1980
1
59
Bona, Ivo
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1975-1977
1
60
Bonino, Fernanda
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1974
1
61
Bontecou, Lee
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1963-1982
1
62
Boris, Bessie (Basha Klein)
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1969-1987
1
63
Boterf, Chester
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1974-1981
1
64
Botero, Fernando
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1970-1980
1
65
Bourgeois, Louise
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1967-1970
1
66
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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1978-1979
1
67
Bradshaw-Smith, Gillian
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1976-1979
1
68
Braman, Gladys
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1972-1975
1
69
Brett, Catherine: see Spencer, Niles and Catherine Brett
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1
Brodie, Gandy
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1974-1978
1
70
Brody, Myron
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1974-1975
1
71
Bronowski, Jacob
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1969
1
72
Brooks, James
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1977-1980
1
73
Brown, Jean
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1973-1981
1
74
Burrage, Mildred
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1973-1978
1
75
Bush, Doris Proctor
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1968-1978
1
76
Buxton, Mary (Mrs. Gordon Cain; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
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1969-1976
1
77
Byars, James Lee
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circa 1964-circa 1981
1
78
Byars, James Lee
B, Miscellaneous
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2
Bacon-Westlake, Alice -- Bartlett, Fred
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1963-1985
2
1
Bartlett, Jennifer -- Bertoia, Harry
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1974-1985
2
2
Bhavasar, Natvar -- Briggs, Ernest
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1969-1980
2
3
Broida, Edward R. -- Bush, Jack
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1967-1983
2
4
Cahill, Holger
Archival Resource Key
circa 1934-1988
2
5
Calder, Alexander
Archival Resource Key
1963-1982
2
6-8
Scope and Contents
(includes photos of Miller, Calder and others)
Canaday, John
Archival Resource Key
1961-1976
2
9
Carpenter, Leonard
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1951-1978
2
10-11
Chace, Happy
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1973-1983
2
12
Charles Alan Company
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1973
2
13
Charlton, Maryette
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1959-1977
2
14
Childs, Bernard
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1973-1978
2
15
Chirino, Martin
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1973-1974
2
16
Christmas Cards
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circa 1938-circa 1977
2
17
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
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1968-1975
2
18
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in OV 27
Chryssa
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undated, 1961-circa 1965
2
19
Chryssa
Chryssa
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undated, 1965-1973
2
20
Chryssa
Chryssa
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1973-1975
2
21
Chryssa
Chryssa
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1975-1976
2
22
Chryssa
Chryssa
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1977-1989
2
23
Chryssa
Chryssa (Oversized Material)
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circa 1961-circa 1989
2
24
Chryssa (Oversized Material)
Coggeshall, Calvert
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circa 1955-circa 1990
2
25
Committee for the Visual Arts Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1974-1976
2
26
Cook, Howard and Barbara
Archival Resource Key
1973-1976
2
27
Copley, Alfred L.: see Alcopley, Lewin
Archival Resource Key
2
Cornell, Joseph
Archival Resource Key
1961, 1972, 1977
2
28
Currier Gallery of Art
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977
2
29
Cyril
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circa 1973-1979
2
30
C, Miscellaneous
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2
Cady, Sam -- Claflin, A.
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circa 1967-circa 1982
2
31
Clara Diament Gallery -- Cole, Joyce
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1970-1982
2
32
Copley, A. Phillip -- Craft, Douglas
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1947-1994
2
33
Cramer, Gerald -- Cuyler, Mrs. Gordon
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1938-1979
2
34
Danton, Edith (Miller's niece)
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1947, 1970-1985
2
35
Davis, Stuart
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1940-1989
2
36
DeFeo, Jay
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1961-1978
2
37
De Kooning, Willem
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1975
2
38
Delineator Clippings
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1916-1921
2
39
D'Harnoncourt, Rene, Sarah and Anne Rishel
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circa 1968-circa 1971
2
40
Dia Art Foundation
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circa 1981
2
41
Dickinson, Edwin
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1961-1978
2
42
Dienes, Ben
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1975-1977
2
43
Diller, Burgoyne
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1977
2
44
Domoto, Hisao
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1967-1971
2
45
Dubinsky, George
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1974
2
46
Scope and Contents
includes original print
Dudley, Dorothy
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1969-1977
2
47
D, Miscellaneous
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2
Dana, John Cotton -- Davis, Warren
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1958-1984
2
48
Dawson, Maniere -- Dienes, Dr. Louis
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1959-1980
2
49
Dieringer, E. -- Dwinger, Jonna
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1967-1976
2
50
Eddy Family Association
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1966-1977
2
51
Employment Requests and Recommendations
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1951-1976
3
1
Evans, Walker
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1968-1980
3
2
E, Miscellaneous: Earnest, Adele -- Eversley, Fred
Archival Resource Key
1918-1981
3
3
Fairbanks, Polly
Archival Resource Key
circa 1969-circa 1976
3
4
Farmanfarmaian, Monir
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975-1982
3
5-6
Federal Art Patronage Notes
Archival Resource Key
1978
3
7
Feininger, Julia
Archival Resource Key
1961
3
8
Feininger, Julia
Feitelson, Lorser, and Helen Lunderberg
Archival Resource Key
1961-1983
3
9
Feminism
Archival Resource Key
1974, 1982
3
10
Field, Julie
Archival Resource Key
1966-1969
3
11
Fiscbach Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1968
3
12
Fish, Janet
Archival Resource Key
circa 1971-1986
3
13
Fitzgerald, Astrid
Archival Resource Key
1973-1976
3
14
Flannagan, John
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975
3
15
Frankenstein, Alfred
Archival Resource Key
1972
3
16
Fraudulent Art
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
3
17
Friess, Constance, M. D.
Archival Resource Key
1972-1984
3
18
Fuller, Edmund L. (re: research on William Edmonson)
Archival Resource Key
1968-1979
3
19
F, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
3
Faison, S. L. -- Forakis, Peter
Archival Resource Key
1937-1985
3
20
Forester, Russell -- Fuller, R. Buckminster
Archival Resource Key
1969-1980
3
21
Galerie Espace NV, Netherlands
Archival Resource Key
1969-1970
3
22
Garreaud, Gaston
Archival Resource Key
1982-1985
3
23
Scope and Contents
includes 4 ink sketches by Garreaud
Godwin, Judith
Archival Resource Key
1976-1983
3
24
Gorky, Arshile
Archival Resource Key
1942-1986
3
25
Gorky, Arshile
Gourevitch, Jacqueline
Archival Resource Key
1971-1978
3
26
Grandmother of Miller
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930
3
27
Graves, Bradford
Archival Resource Key
1973-1976
3
28
Graves, Morris
Archival Resource Key
1963-1982
3
29
Guggenheim, Peggy
Archival Resource Key
1972-1979
3
30
G, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
3
Gablik, Suzi -- Gomen, John
Archival Resource Key
1969-1983
3
31
Good, Robert -- Guston, Philip
Archival Resource Key
1970-1980
3
32
Hague, Raoul
Archival Resource Key
1964-1971
3
33
Hartigan, Grace
Archival Resource Key
1957-1980
3
34-35
Hatcher, Doris
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s-1975
3
36
Herbst, Josephine
Archival Resource Key
circa 1964-circa 1967
3
37
Hiltunen, Eila
Archival Resource Key
circa 1962-circa 1976
3
38
Holt, Elizabeth
Archival Resource Key
circa 1957-circa 1987
3
39-41
Hood, Dorothy
Archival Resource Key
circa 1972-circa 1981
3
42
Horwitt, Will
Archival Resource Key
1970-1985
3
43-44
H, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
4
Haas, Elise -- Heller, Dorothy
Archival Resource Key
circa 1966-circa 1981
4
1
Helmsley, Harry -- Hiss, Alger
Archival Resource Key
circa 1969-circa 1982
4
2
Hitchcock, Henry-Russell -- Hogue, Alexander
Archival Resource Key
circa 1961-circa 1981
4
3
Hokanson, Hans -- Hurtubise, Jacques
Archival Resource Key
circa 1967-circa 1985
4
4
Iceland
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s-circa 1970
4
5
Scope and Contents
includes negatives and slides of Miller and others in Iceland
Interests
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1980s
4
6-7
International Council of the Museum of Modern Art
Archival Resource Key
1956-1988
4
8-9
Isaacs, Julius, Will of
Archival Resource Key
1984-1985
4
10
I, Miscellaneous, Indiana, Robert -- Israel, Margaret
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963-circa 1979
4
11
Japanese Art
Archival Resource Key
1972-1980
4
12
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Archival Resource Key
1964-1980
4
13-14
Johns, Jasper
Archival Resource Key
1965-1980
4
15
Johnson, Anna (Holger Cahill's sister)
Archival Resource Key
1960-1969
4
16
Johnson, Floyd
Archival Resource Key
1970-1975
4
17
Johnson, Philip
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s-1978
4
18
Johnson, Ray
Archival Resource Key
1966-1973
4
19
Scope and Contents
includes mail art
Josephson, Hannah and Matthew
Archival Resource Key
circa 1961-circa 1979
4
20
Joslyn Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
1973-1975
4
21
Julien Levy Gallery: see Levy, Julien
Archival Resource Key
4
J, Miscellaneous: Jaci Canning Enterprises -- Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1967-circa 1986
4
22
Kawashima, Takeshi
Archival Resource Key
circa 1972-circa 1981
4
23
Keck, Caroline and Sheldon
Archival Resource Key
circa 1961-circa 1983
4
24
Klein, Basha: see Boris, Bessie
Archival Resource Key
4
Knowlton, Grace
Archival Resource Key
circa 1972-circa 1979
4
25
Kornblee
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968-circa 1971
4
26
Kruger, Louise
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975-circa 1980
4
27
K, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
4
Kahnweiler, Daniel-Henry -- Klavun, Betty
Archival Resource Key
1972-1983
4
28
Kline, Franz -- Kusama, Yayoi
Archival Resource Key
1956-1980
4
29
Lambie, Elizabeth Litchfield
Archival Resource Key
circa 1952-1977
4
30
Larrain, Emilio Rodriguez
Archival Resource Key
1975-1984
4
31
Larrain, Emilio Rodriguez
Lekakis, Michael
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s-1978
4
32
Levy, Julien
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
4
33
Liebmann, Gerhardt
Archival Resource Key
circa 1972-1977
4
34
Lindley, Frances (Stronsky)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-1987
4
35
Livingstone, Biganess
Archival Resource Key
circa 1969-circa 1972
4
36
Lundeberg, Helen: see Feitelson, Lorser
Archival Resource Key
4
Lynes, Russell
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-circa 1972
4
37
L, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
4
Lamagna Gallery -- Lejwa, M.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1962-circa 1984
4
38
Leonid, L. -- Lytle, R.
Archival Resource Key
1956-1984
4
39
MacIver, Loren
Archival Resource Key
1939-1987
5
1-3
Maine Articles
Archival Resource Key
1979
5
4
Martin, Fred
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-circa 1973
5
5
Scope and Contents
includes original artwork
Matisse, Pierre
Archival Resource Key
1972-1974
5
6
Mayan Art
Archival Resource Key
1974, 1978
5
7
McAndrew, John and Betty (see also: Save Venice)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1961-circa 1984
5
8
Meadmore, Clement
Archival Resource Key
1968-1983
5
9
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1973-1981
5
10-11
Scope and Contents
2 folders of clippings
Meyerhoff, Jane
Archival Resource Key
1978
5
12
Miller, A. Barrett (Miller's brother)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-circa 1972
5
13
Miller, Dorothy C., Early Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
circa 1912-circa 1918
5
14
Miller, Dorothy C., Letters from Smith College
Archival Resource Key
circa 1921-1922
5
15-16
Miller, Dorothy C., Letters to Family
Archival Resource Key
1923-1925
5
17
Moore, Henry
Archival Resource Key
1955, 1980-1984
5
18
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: see Buxton, Mary
Archival Resource Key
5
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts
Archival Resource Key
1973-1975
5
19
Museum of Modern Art
Archival Resource Key
1960-1980
5
20-21
M, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
5
Mabry, Thomas -- Mangione, Jerre
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959-1980
5
22
Mantegna, Andrea -- Marlowe, Sylvia
Archival Resource Key
circa 1962-circa 1981
5
23
Maron, Jeffrey -- McSherry, Fred
Archival Resource Key
1959-1985
5
24
Meiss, Millard -- Meyerowitz, Patricia
Archival Resource Key
1967-1980
5
25
Michener, James A. -- Montclair Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
1965-1984
5
26
Morgan, Elizabeth -- Mystic Seaport, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1966-1979
5
27
Nantucket Articles
Archival Resource Key
1965-1977
5
28
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Archival Resource Key
1976
5
29
National Museum of Women's Art
Archival Resource Key
1982
5
30
Naylor, J. Geoff
Archival Resource Key
1974-1978
5
31
Nevelson, Louise
Archival Resource Key
1942-1990
5
32-34
Newark Museum and Tours
Archival Resource Key
1928, circa 1957-1983
5
35
Newman, Barnett
Archival Resource Key
1959
6
1
Niizuma, Minoru
Archival Resource Key
1970-1982
6
2
Noguchi, Isamu
Archival Resource Key
1969-1988
6
3
North Carolina Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1977
6
4
N, Miscellaneous: Nagare, George -- Novros, David
Archival Resource Key
1958-circa 1983
6
5
O'Keeffe, Georgia
Archival Resource Key
1945, 1970-1987
6
6
O'Keeffe, Georgia
Oldenburg, Claes
Archival Resource Key
1972-1974
6
7
Osborn, Robert and Elodie
Archival Resource Key
circa 1962-circa 1982
6
8-9
Scope and Contents
includes illustrated letters; 2 folders
O, Miscellaneous: O'Connor, Francis -- Ownby, Haynes
Archival Resource Key
1950-1989
6
10
Particular Passions: Talks with Women Who Have Shaped Our Times by Lynn Gilbert and Gaylen Moore (New York: Clarkson N. Potter-Crown, 1981)
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
6
11
Scope and Contents
includes text of Miller's contribution
Paule Anglim Associates
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-circa 1979
6
12
Pei, I. M.
Archival Resource Key
1979
6
13
Picasso, Pablo
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s-circa 1980s
6
14
Poetry
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
15
Pollock, Jackson
Archival Resource Key
1967-1990
6
16
P, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
6
Paar, Sarah -- Penn, Arthur
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-circa 1982
6
17
Pereira, Irene Rice -- Phoenix Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1948-1983
6
18
Scope and Contents
includes artwork by Pereira
PHP Institute -- Porter, Aline
Archival Resource Key
1969-1980
6
19
Porter, Liliana -- Putnam, Wallace
Archival Resource Key
1968-1980
6
20
Quaytman
Archival Resource Key
1971
6
21
Rauschenberg, Robert
Archival Resource Key
1977-1979
6
22
Reder, Ronnie
Archival Resource Key
1975
6
23
Reichek, Jesse
Archival Resource Key
1967-1979
6
24
Reineking, James
Archival Resource Key
circa 1973-1976
6
25
Reinhardt, Ad
Archival Resource Key
1959-1967
6
26
Requests to Miller for Information
Archival Resource Key
1973-1978
6
27
Rickey, George
Archival Resource Key
1977-1983
6
28
Rockwell, Norman
Archival Resource Key
1967, 1974
6
29
Roerick, William
Archival Resource Key
circa 1966-1978
6
30
Rosenblum, Jay
Archival Resource Key
1972-1975
6
31
Rosevear, Cora
Archival Resource Key
1969, 1972
6
32
Rowan, Herman
Archival Resource Key
1975-1979
6
33
Rowlinson, Eric
Archival Resource Key
1971-1973
6
34
Russell, John
Archival Resource Key
1965-1976
6
35
R, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
6
Rabkin, Leo -- Rivers, Haywood Bill
Archival Resource Key
1961-1983
6
36
Robus, Hugo -- Rutgers University
Archival Resource Key
circa 1966-1985
6
37
Sage, Kay (Tanguy) (research on)
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
6
38
Sarah Lawrence College
Archival Resource Key
1971-1975
6
39
Save Venice (see also: McAndrew, John and Betty)
Archival Resource Key
1970-1976
6
40
Scharf, William
Archival Resource Key
circa 1969-1985
6
41-42
Schulte, Antoinette
Archival Resource Key
1965-1979
6
43
Southeastern Center of Contemporary Arts (SECCA)
Archival Resource Key
1975-1980
6
44-45
Segal, George
Archival Resource Key
1971, 1980
7
1
Seley, Jason
Archival Resource Key
1974-1978
7
2
Shahn, Ben
Archival Resource Key
circa 1948, 1974
7
3
Shaw, Charles
Archival Resource Key
1970-1984
7
4
Sheeler, Charles
Archival Resource Key
1971-1985
7
5
Sihvonen, Oli and Clay Spohn
Archival Resource Key
1967-1977
7
6
Simkovich, Helena
Archival Resource Key
1973-1981
7
7
Sims, Patterson
Archival Resource Key
circa 1972-1975
7
8
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Archival Resource Key
1971-1983
7
9
Smith, David
Archival Resource Key
circa 1969-1976
7
10
Smith, Margery
Archival Resource Key
circa 1962-1981
7
11
Smith, Susan
Archival Resource Key
circa 1972-1975
7
12
Soby, Jim
Archival Resource Key
1969-1979
7
13
Soloman, Syd
Archival Resource Key
circa 1973
7
14
Spencer, Niles and Catherine Brett
Archival Resource Key
circa 1939-1979
7
15
Spohn, Clay: see Sihvonen, Oli and Clay Spohn
Archival Resource Key
7
Stankiewicz, Richard
Archival Resource Key
1972-1980
7
16
Stanton, Eleanor
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-circa 1975
7
17
Steinberg, Saul
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963-circa 1976
7
18
Stella, Frank
Archival Resource Key
1976-1989
7
19
Sterne, Hedda
Archival Resource Key
1962-1982
7
20
Sterne, Hedda
Scope and Contents
includes 2 pencil sketches
Sterne, Marietta
Archival Resource Key
1967-1980
7
21
Stifler, Francis McIlhenny
Archival Resource Key
1956-1980
7
22
Still, Clyfford
Archival Resource Key
1951-1954
7
23
Still, Clyfford
Still, Clyfford
Archival Resource Key
1954-1986
7
24
Still, Clyfford
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-1985
7
25
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Sunami, Soichi
Archival Resource Key
1964-1976
7
26
S, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
7
Saarinen, Aline -- Schueler, Jon
Archival Resource Key
1957-1985
7
27
Schultz, Antoinette -- Severni, Gino
Archival Resource Key
1962-1983
7
28
Shapiro, David and Cecile -- SITE, Inc. (Sculpture in the Environmnent, Inc.)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963-circa 1979
7
29
Slaughter, C. D. -- Stark, Shirley
Archival Resource Key
1959-1982
7
30
Steegmuller, Francis -- Sz, John
Archival Resource Key
1958-1982
7
31
Taft, Edgar and Piri
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959-1982
7
32
Tajiri, Shinkichi
Archival Resource Key
1969-1974
7
33
Tampa, Gasparilla Sidewalk Art Festival (1979)
Archival Resource Key
1973-1979
7
34
Tampa Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1979
7
35
Tanglewood Lenox Massachusetts, Sculpture Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977
7
36
Theater, Music and Dance
Archival Resource Key
1959-1981
7
37
Tippett, Bruce
Archival Resource Key
1972-1989
7
38
Tobey, Mark
Archival Resource Key
1975
7
39
Tobey, Mark
Tomlin, Bradley Walker
Archival Resource Key
circa 1954-circa 1976
7
40
Travel, California
Archival Resource Key
1976
7
41
Travel, California 1981 (Newark Museum Trip)
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
7
42
Travel Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945-circa 1975
7
43-44
Travel, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1956-circa 1983
8
1-2
Travel, New Mexico
Archival Resource Key
circa 1979-1980
8
3
Travel to Tulsa, Philbrook Art Center
Archival Resource Key
1975
8
4
Tworkov, Jack
Archival Resource Key
circa 1967-circa 1978
8
5
Tyler Graphico
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
8
6
Typescript of Panel Discussion: The Club - "What Is the New Academy,"
Archival Resource Key
1959
8
7
T, Miscellaneous: Tavenner, Patricia -- Turturro, Domenick
Archival Resource Key
circa 1958-circa 1982
8
8
U, Miscellaneous: Umlauf, Karl -- Union Theological Seminary
Archival Resource Key
1973-1974
8
9
Unidentified Surnames
Archival Resource Key
1956-1970
8
10
Van Dalen, Anton
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
8
11
V, Miscellaneous: Vallila, Marja -- Vreeland, Frederick
Archival Resource Key
circa 1958-circa 1980
8
12
White, Alice Miller (Miller's sister)
Archival Resource Key
1924, 1967-1992
8
13
White, Reid (Miller's nephew)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1964-circa 1984
8
14
Whitechapel Art Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1969
8
15
Williams, Hiram
Archival Resource Key
1966-1974
8
16
Wilson, Eleanor (Siddy)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963-circa 1983
8
17
Wohl, Helmut and Alice
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968-circa 1978
8
18
Wolff, Robert J.
Archival Resource Key
1969
8
19
W, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
8
Waddell, Chauncey -- Weber, Max
Archival Resource Key
1962-1980
8
20
Wechter, Vivienne -- White, Robert
Archival Resource Key
1970-1980
8
21
Whitney Museum of American Art -- Willard, Howard
Archival Resource Key
1965-1977
8
22
Willard, Marian J. -- Wurzburger, Janet
Archival Resource Key
circa 1964-circa 1984
8
23
Y, Miscellaneous: Yaddo -- Young, Ruth
Archival Resource Key
1978-1980
8
24
Z, Miscellaneous: Zabriskie Gallery -- Zeisler, Claire
Archival Resource Key
1969-1977
8
25
Oversized Letters, Chryssa
Archival Resource Key
1961-1989
27 (OV)
Scope and Contents
Oversized letters from Chryssa from Box 2; 2 photos of the artist's studio and copies of 5 sketches of artwork
Rockefeller Family Art Collections
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
3.9 Linear feet
Boxes 8-12, 25
circa 1949-1985
Scope and Contents note
This series documents Miller's consulting work with members of the Rockefeller family, primarily Nelson A. Rockefeller.
Arrangement note
This series is arranged as 2 subseries:
- 3.1: Nelson A. Rockefeller, circa 1949-1985
- 3.2: Other Rockefeller Family Members, 1956-1981
Nelson A. Rockefeller
3.1
Archival Resource Key
circa 1949-1985
Scope and Contents note
Found here is signficant documentation of Miller's private curatorial and consulting work for Nelson Rockfeller, including building his private collection, compiling the extensive catalog, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection: Masterpieces of Modern Art (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1981), and furnishing modern art work in public offices associated with Rockefeller.
There is general correspondence between Miller and Rockefeller concerning building the collection, often including Miller's handwritten notes, printed material related to artists and occasional photographs of artwork. Personal correspondence consists primarily of letters from Rockefeller to Miller thanking her for advice, assistance and gifts. Additional correspondence documents Miller's difficulties in securing payment for her years of work on the published catalog because Rockefeller died before the book was completed without having signed a formal contract with Miller.
Additional files document federal government projects Miller completed for Rockefeller, including offering a selection of paintings to the Shah of Iran; a loan of artwork from the Museum of Modern Art to display in Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's State Department office; and providing artwork to furnish the nation's first official Vice-Presidential residence at the Admiral's House in Washington D.C. during Rockefeller's tenure as Vice President. Additionally, files document Miller's work with the Curatorial Committee for the Rockefeller collection at Kykuit and the family's home in Tarrytown, New York.
There are files related to the 1969 exhibitions of Rockefeller collections at the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Primitive Art, and Rockefeller gifts to the Museum of Modern Art. Records relating to sculpture by Frederick Kiesler and tapestries by Joan Miró and Alexander Calder which Rockefeller considered for purchase are also included here.
Most of the files in this subseries document Miller's work writing, compiling, and publishing The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection: Masterpieces of Modern Art, which grew from the catalog she compiled for the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1969. Records include correspondence, printed material, photos and photocopies of artwork, detailed information about individual works of art, meeting notes, drafts of the foreword and preface by Miller, and book copy text by John Russell, Alfred Barr, and Rockefeller. Additional files concern copy layout and illustrations for the book.
Correspondence, General
Archival Resource Key
1964-1972
8
26-31
Correspondence, General
Archival Resource Key
1973-1975
8
32
Correspondence, General
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976
8
33
Correspondence, General
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
8
34
Correspondence, General
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979
8
35
Correspondence, Personal
Archival Resource Key
circa 1949-1977
8
36-37
Illustrated Art Lecture Transcript, New School for Social Research, New York
Archival Resource Key
1967
8
38
Iranian Artists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
9
1
Iranian Resort, Selections For
Archival Resource Key
1976
9
2-4
Kykuit, Pocantico Hills, Curatorial Committee
Archival Resource Key
1975-1978
9
5-6
Museum of Modern Art Exhibition (1969), and Gift to Museum
Archival Resource Key
1968-1976
9
7
Museum of Primitive Art Exhibition (1969) and Gift to Museum of Modern Art, Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1969
9
8
Sculpture by Frederick Kiesler
Archival Resource Key
1967-1972
9
9
Secretary of State Offices
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977
9
10-15
Tapestries by Miró and Calder
Archival Resource Key
1974
9
16
Vice Presidential Inaugural Medal Committee
Archival Resource Key
1975
9
17
Vice Presidential Residence
Archival Resource Key
1975-1977
(8 folders)
9
18-25
Vice Presidential Residence, Photographs of Interior
Archival Resource Key
circa 1976
9
26
News Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1962-1975
9
27
News Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1976-1978
9
28
News Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1979
9
29-30
News Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1982
9
31
Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection Book
Archival Resource Key
9
Acknowledgments and Introduction Drafts (by Rockefeller)
Archival Resource Key
1978
9
32
Artwork Files A-C
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-circa 1978
9
33-34
Artwork Files D-F
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-circa 1978
9
35-36
Artwork Files G-J
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-circa 1978
9
37-38
Artwork Files K-L
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-circa 1978
9
39-40
Artwork Files M
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-circa 1978
10
1-2
Artwork Files N-P
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-circa 1978
10
3-4
Artwork Files R-S
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-circa 1978
10
5-6
Artwork Files T-Z
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-circa 1978
10
7
Artwork, Photocopies of
Archival Resource Key
circa 1979
10
8-13
Artwork, Photographs of
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963
10
14
Scope and Contents
see also Box 25
Auction Catalog, Sotheby Park Bernet, Inc., Property of Nelson A. Rockefeller removed from his residences in Washington, D.C., New York, and Seal Harbor, Maine
Archival Resource Key
1978
10
15
Catalog Cancellation Lists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1971-1978
10
16-17
Catalog Draft
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
10
18
Catalog Draft
Archival Resource Key
1975
10
19
Catalog Draft
Archival Resource Key
1977-1978
10
20
Catalog Draft, Working Copy 1
Archival Resource Key
1977-1978
10
21
Catalog Draft, Working Copy 2
Archival Resource Key
1977-1978
10
22
Catalog Sheets
Archival Resource Key
circa 1969
10
23-28
Catalog Sheets for 19th Century Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1977
10
29
Correspondence and Notes
Archival Resource Key
1969-1982
10
30-34
Correspondence and Notes
Archival Resource Key
1969-1982
11
1-3
Correspondence, Copyright Issues
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
11
4
Correspondence, John Russell
Archival Resource Key
1970-1979
11
5
Correspondence, Miller's Request for Payment
Archival Resource Key
1979-1985
11
6-7
Essay Drafts (by Barr)
Archival Resource Key
1978
11
8
Final Color Spread, Volume I, #1-47
Archival Resource Key
1979
11
9-13
Final Color Spread, Volume II, #48-97
Archival Resource Key
1979
11
14-16
Final Meeting on Book
Archival Resource Key
1979, 1983
11
17
Foreword and Preface Draft by Miller
Archival Resource Key
1978-1981
11
18
Invoices for Research Work on Book
Archival Resource Key
1971-1979
11
19
Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1978
11
20
Notes, Layout of Book
Archival Resource Key
1970s
11
21
Notes, Questions about Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1970s
11
22
Notes, Research
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
11
23
Records of Acquisitions of Artwork Since 1970
Archival Resource Key
1970-1978
11
24
Records of Color Transparencies of Artwork in Rockefeller Collection
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977-1978
11
25
Records of Illustrations for Book
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977-circa 1978
11
26-27
Records of Photo Requests for Book
Archival Resource Key
1968-1978
11
28-31
Records of Photos to Accompany Text
Archival Resource Key
circa 1979
11
32
Text Drafts (by Russell)
Archival Resource Key
1971, circa 1978
11
33
Artwork, Photographs of
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963
25
Scope and Contents
From Box 10, F 14
Other Rockefeller Family Members
3.2
Archival Resource Key
1956-1981
Scope and Contents
Miller's consulting work with Blanchette Rockefeller (Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, III) and David and Peggy Rockefeller is documented here. Files relating to Blanchette Rockefeller primarily concern her purchases from the Museum of Modern Art's 1965 exhibition The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture.
Miller's notes and correspondence with David and Peggy Rockefeller are about her suggestions for acquisitions. Of particular interest is Miller's 1976 letter to David Rockefeller in which she recalls her first encounter with Morris Graves and seeing his artwork for the first time. Rockefeller purchased Graves's painting Shore Birds in 1977.
Also found here is correspondence relating to David Rockefeller's acquisitions from the Edith G. Halpert collection sold at auction in 1973 by Parke-Bernet. Additional files document Miller's research into acquisitions of folk art for the Rockefellers and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection. Additional documentation of Miller's work for David Rockefeller in relation to the Rockefeller University Collection is found in the next subseries.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection
Archival Resource Key
1956-1979
12
1
Rockefeller, Blanchette (Mrs. John D., III)
Archival Resource Key
1965-1976
12
2-3
Rockefeller, David, Correspondence and Notes
Archival Resource Key
1973-1981
12
4-5
Rockefeller, David, Edith G. Halpert Collection Acquisitions
Archival Resource Key
1972-1973
12
6-7
Rockefeller, David, Weathervane Acquisitions
Archival Resource Key
1972-1977
12
8-9
Rockefeller Family, News Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1969-1980
12
10
Rockefeller University Collection
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1 Linear foot
Boxes 12-13, OV 27
1923-1984
Scope and Contents note
Miller's curatorial and consulting work with the Rockefeller University (formerly Rockefeller Institute) committee and David Rockefeller to build an art collection for the University's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Hall are arranged here. These include correspondence, notes, printed material, photographs and slides; artists' files, an exhibition file, design plans.
Rockefeller Institute Curatorial Files
Archival Resource Key
12
Curatorial Files
Archival Resource Key
1957-1959
12
11-13
Curatorial Files
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1962
12
14
Curatorial Files
Archival Resource Key
1970-1972
12
15-16
Curatorial Files
Archival Resource Key
1972-1975
12
17
Curatorial Files
Archival Resource Key
1978
12
18
Curatorial Files
Archival Resource Key
1969-1970
12
19
Curatorial Files
Archival Resource Key
1971-1978
12
20
Curatorial Files
Archival Resource Key
1974-1984
12
21-23
Rockefeller University Curatorial Files
Archival Resource Key
12
17th Floor
Archival Resource Key
circa 1971-circa 1977
12
24-26
17th Floor Architectural Plans
Archival Resource Key
1972
12
27
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in see OV 27
Mildred Burrage
Archival Resource Key
circa 1972-circa 1983
12
28-31
Mildred Burrage Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
1974
13
1
Margaret Ann Coggswell
Archival Resource Key
1975-1981
13
2
Jacques Louis David
Archival Resource Key
1955-1976
13
3-6
Insurance
Archival Resource Key
1970-1980
13
7
Marguerite S. Lederburg
Archival Resource Key
1980
13
8
Minoru Niizuma
Archival Resource Key
1971-1973
13
9
David Plowden
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976
13
10
President's House
Archival Resource Key
1975-1980
13
11
Ann Roudebush Art Collection
Archival Resource Key
1923-1983
13
12
Bruce Tippett
Archival Resource Key
1966-1976
13
13-14
Oversized 17th Floor Architectural Plans
Archival Resource Key
1972
OV 27
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 12, F 27
Chase Manhattan Bank Art Collection Committee
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
1.4 Linear feet
Boxes 13-14, 26
1959-circa 1985
Scope and Contents note
This series documents Miller's work as the first art consultant to the Chase Manhattan Bank and founding member of the bank's art collection committee in 1959. Files here trace the development of the Chase collection from the early 1960s to the mid 1980s.
Records include a series of files labeled "Catalogs of Artwork" which provide detailed lists of all artwork; committee files containing correspondence and memoranda between members of the art committee including Miller, Alfred Barr, Robert Hale, Perry Rathbone, David Rockefeller (then the bank's president) and James Johnson Sweeney; committee meeting minutes, agendas, and reports; catalogs of the bank's acquisitions and collection; and news clippings. There is also correspondence with the Chase curator Mary Lanier and art institutions and galleries.
A draft of Miller's text for the bank's published catalog of essays, Art At Work: Chase Manhattan Bank Collection is filed in this series, as well as an interview transcript with Miller conducted by Peter Morin of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, about the exhibition, Chase Manhattan: the First 10 Years of Collecting, 1959-1969.
Art At Work: The Chase Manhattan Collection, Miller's Draft Text
Archival Resource Key
circa 1985
13
15
Catalog of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-circa 1965
13
16-17
Catalog of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1965
13
18
Catalog of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1967
13
19
Catalog of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1969
13
20-21
Catalog of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1970
13
22
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 26
Catalog of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1974
13
23
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 26
Catalog of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1978
13
24-26
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1959
13
27
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1960
13
28
Committee Files
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1961
13
29
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1961-1962
13
30
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
13
31
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1965
13
32
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1966
13
33
Committee Files
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1967
14
1-2
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
14
3
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1968
14
4
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1969
14
5
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1970
14
6
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1971-1972
14
7
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1973
14
8
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1974
14
9
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1975
14
10
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1976-1978
14
11
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1978
14
12
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1979
14
13
Committee Files
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1980
14
14
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1981
14
15
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1982
14
16
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1983-1984
14
17
Finch College Exhibition: Art from the Chase Manhattan Bank Collection
Archival Resource Key
1971
14
18
Interview Transcript
Archival Resource Key
1982
14
19
Oversized Catalog of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1970
26
Scope and Contents
Oversized material rom Box 13, F 22
Oversized Catalog of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1974
26
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 13, F 23
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Art Committee
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
0.8 Linear feet
Boxes 14-15, OV 27
circa 1965-1987
Scope and Contents note
In 1969 Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANJY) Austin J. Tobin established a committee to commission and acquire artwork for PANJY's facilities and hired Miller as the primary art consultant. Files are found here that document Miller's work with the committee, including committee meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence and notes, printed materials, photographs.
Several files are related to Miller's work with the committee for selecting artwork for the World Trade Center in the early 1970s. These contain letters from Alexander Calder discussing the purchase of Calder's World Trade Center Stabile, also known as Three Wings and The Cockeyed Propeller which was originally commissioned for the entrance to 1 World Trade Center on West Street, but was moved around the plaza over time. One of Calder's letters is illustrated with a picture indicating how he wanted the stabile's "feet" to be installed. Also found here are several photographs of Calder and his mobiles and stabiles, letters from Joan Miró, Chryssa, and photographs of artwork by other artists.
One file in this series contains writings by Miller concerning the collections of the PANJY.
Agenda and Minutes
Archival Resource Key
1969-1972
14
20
Agenda and Minutes
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977
14
21
Agenda and Minutes
Archival Resource Key
1978
14
22
Agenda and Minutes
Archival Resource Key
1979
14
23
Agenda and Minutes
Archival Resource Key
1980
14
24
Agenda and Minutes
Archival Resource Key
1981
14
25
Agenda and Minutes
Archival Resource Key
1982-1983
14
26
Agenda and Minutes
Archival Resource Key
1984
14
27
Agenda and Minutes
Archival Resource Key
1985-1987
14
28
Art For The Public
Archival Resource Key
circa 1979-1984
14
29-30
General Files
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-circa 1967
14
31
General Files
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968-circa 1975
14
32-34
General Files
Archival Resource Key
1974-1976
15
1
General Files
Archival Resource Key
1976-1978
15
2
General Files
Archival Resource Key
1978-1985
15
3-5
World Trade Center
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965
15
6
World Trade Center
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-circa 1970
15
7-8
World Trade Center
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
15
9
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in OV 27
World Trade Center
Archival Resource Key
1972-1980
15
10
Oversized World Trade Center, Tower B Main Lobby Plan and Elevation
Archival Resource Key
1970
OV 27
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 15, F 9
Other Corporate and Private Clients
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
1.3 Linear feet
Boxes 15-16
1968-1984
Scope and Contents note
Miller's consulting work with other corporate and private clients is documented here with correspondence, printed material, sketches, photographs, and slides.
Corporate Clients
Archival Resource Key
15
Amstar Corporation
Archival Resource Key
1969-1972
15
11-13
Amstar Corporation
Archival Resource Key
1971
15
14
Amstar Corporation
Archival Resource Key
1971-1974
15
15
Amstar Corporation
Archival Resource Key
1972-1977
15
16
Fidelity International Bank
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977
15
17
First National Bank of Tampa
Archival Resource Key
1972-1973
15
18
First National City Bank
Archival Resource Key
1970-1973
15
19-20
First National City Bank
Archival Resource Key
1974-1977
15
21
Inmont Corporation
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
15
22
Inmont Corporation
Archival Resource Key
1969-1971
15
23
Inmont Corporation
Archival Resource Key
1970-1975
15
24
Inmont Corporation
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s-1984
15
25
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Archival Resource Key
1969, 1976
15
26
Pepsico Incorporated
Archival Resource Key
1970
15
27
United Mutual Savings Bank
Archival Resource Key
1971-1972
15
28
Private Clients
Archival Resource Key
16
Burden, William A. M.
Archival Resource Key
1970
16
1
Englehard, Jane
Archival Resource Key
1969-1973
16
2-3
Englehard, Jane
Archival Resource Key
1973-1975
16
4
Englehard, Jane
Archival Resource Key
1976-1980
16
5
Grossman, Isobel
Archival Resource Key
1970-1975
16
6
Lombard, Jane
Archival Resource Key
circa 1971-circa 1984
16
7
Lombard, Jane
Archival Resource Key
1971-1974
16
8-9
Lombard, Jane
Archival Resource Key
1975-1977
16
10-11
Lombard, Jane
Archival Resource Key
1978
16
12
Lombard, Jane
Archival Resource Key
1978-1984
16
13
Parkinson, Eliza
Archival Resource Key
1969-1977
16
14
Seeligson, Arthur A., Jr., and Linda N.
Archival Resource Key
1969-1972
16
15-16
Seeligson, Arthur A., Jr., and Linda N.
Archival Resource Key
1973-1975
16
17
Seeligson, Arthur A., Jr., and Linda N.
Archival Resource Key
1976-1980
16
18
Seeligson, Arthur A., Jr., and Linda N.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1969-circa 1980
16
19
Stern, Edith
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979
16
20
Corporate and Private Clients, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1971-1979
16
21
Miscellaneous Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-circa 1983
16
22
Other Boards, Committees and Commissions
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
3.6 Linear feet
Boxes 16-20
1925, 1949-1985
Scope and Contents note
Following her retirement from the Museum of Modern Art, Miller served on a variety of public and private boards, commissions, and committees for art museums and institutions. The majority of these files contain correspondence, meeting minutes and reports, notes, legal records, and printed material.
Arrangement note
The series is arranged as 6 subseries by museum or organization:
- 8.1: Empire State Plaza Art Commission, 1965-1978
- 8.2: Hancock Shaker Village, Shaker Community, Inc., Board of Trustees, 1949-1985
- 8.3: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Board of Trustees, 1976-1985
- 8.4: Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors, 1966-1985
- 8.5: Museum of American Folk Art Board of Trustees, 1962-1969
- 8.6: Smith College Museum of Art Visiting Committee, 1925, 1961-1984
Empire State Plaza Art Commission
8.1
Archival Resource Key
1965-1978
Scope and Contents note
Found here are records of Miller's activities as one of five members of the Art Commission for the Empire State Plaza (also known as the South Mall) in Albany, New York, built under the governorship of Nelson A. Rockefeller between 1965 and 1978. The files include scattered correspondence with artists Chryssa, Jason Seley, Daniel LaRue Johnson, and Gene Davis.
General
Archival Resource Key
1965-1974
16
23-24
General
Archival Resource Key
1968-1970
16
25
General
General
Archival Resource Key
1970-1973
16
26
General
General
Archival Resource Key
1976-1978
16
27
Meeting Records
Archival Resource Key
1968-1973
16
28
Meeting Records
News Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1970-1976
16
29
News Clippings
Photos of Artwork in Collection (incomplete)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
16
30
Seley, Jason
Archival Resource Key
1969-1972
16
31
Hancock Shaker Village, Shaker Community, Inc., Board of Trustees
8.2
Archival Resource Key
1949-1985
Scope and Contents note
Miller's work as a member of the Board of Trustees of Shaker Community, Inc. which oversaw the operations of Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts is documented here through correspondence with village founder Amy Bess Miller, notes; meeting minutes and other meeting materials; financial records; and printed material. Trustee files for 1961 contain a letter to Miller from Andrew Wyeth.
General
Archival Resource Key
1949-1963
17
1
General
Archival Resource Key
1956-1963
17
2
General
Archival Resource Key
1970-1985
17
3
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1959-1962
17
4-5
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
17
6
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
17
7
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
17
8
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
17
9-10
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
17
11
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
17
12
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1970-1972
17
13
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1972-1974
17
14
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1974-1976
17
15
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1977-1979
17
16
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1979-1980
17
17
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
17
18
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1981-1982
17
19
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1982-1983
17
20
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1983-1985
17
21
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Board of Trustees
8.3
Archival Resource Key
1976-1985
Scope and Contents note
Miller served on the Board of Trustees for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden from 1976 - 1984. Found here are files relating to her work as a trustee.
Collections Management Policy
Archival Resource Key
1981
17
23
Committee on Collections Meetings
Archival Resource Key
1978, 1981, 1983
17
24
Committee on Exhibitions Meetings
Archival Resource Key
1976
17
25
Committee on Exhibitions Meetings
Archival Resource Key
1977
17
26
Committee on Exhibitions Meetings
Archival Resource Key
1978
18
1
Committee on Exhibitions Meetings
Archival Resource Key
1980-1983
18
2-4
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1976-1984
18
5
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1976-1984
18
6
National Building Museum
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
18
7
News Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1976-1982
18
8-9
Press Releases
Archival Resource Key
1976-1985
18
10-11
Travel Vouchers
Archival Resource Key
1976-1980
18
12
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1976
18
13
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
18
14
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1977
18
15-16
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1978
18
17
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1979
18
18-20
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1980
18
21-22
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1981
18
23
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1982
18
24
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1983
18
25
Trustee Files
Archival Resource Key
1984
18
26
Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors
8.4
Archival Resource Key
1966-1985
Scope and Contents note
Dorothy Miller served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mark Rothko Foundation following a major lawsuit that ensued after Rothko's death in 1970 between the family, executors of the estate, and Marlborough Gallery. In 1977, the litigation ended with Rothko Prizel gaining control of the estate and re-establishing the foundation and its board. Files arranged here document the foundation's efforts to rebuild and determine the best use of Rothko's paintings for the public interest.
Board Files
Archival Resource Key
1976
19
1-3
Board Files
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
19
4-5
Board Files
Archival Resource Key
1977
19
6-8
Board Files
Archival Resource Key
1977-1978
19
9
Board Files
Archival Resource Key
1978-1980
19
10-11
Board Files
Archival Resource Key
1979-1980
19
12
Board Files
Archival Resource Key
1980
19
13
Board Files
Archival Resource Key
1981
19
14-15
Board Files
Archival Resource Key
1982-1983
19
16-17
Board Files
Archival Resource Key
1982-1985
19
18
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1966-1982
19
19
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1982-1984
19
20
Inventory of Artwork in Rothko Estate
Archival Resource Key
1979
19
21
Printed Material, Gustave Harrow
Archival Resource Key
1977, 1979
19
22
Printed Material, News Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1971-1985
19
23
Museum of American Folk Art Board of Trustees
8.5
Archival Resource Key
1962-1969
Scope and Contents note
Found here is one folder of material with scattered documentation of Miller's work as a member of the board of trustees for the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City.
Museum of American Folk Art
Archival Resource Key
1962-1969
19
24
Smith College Museum of Art Visiting Committee
8.6
Archival Resource Key
1925, 1961-1984
Scope and Contents note
Doroty Miller's files concerning her work on the Smith College Museum of Art Visiting Committee are arranged here.
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1961-1968
20
1
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1969
20
2
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
20
3
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1971-1972
20
4
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1972-1973
20
5
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1973-1974
20
6
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1974-1975
20
7
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976
20
8
Committee Files
Archival Resource Key
1977-1984
20
9
Smith College Newsletter
Archival Resource Key
1925
20
10
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project Files
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
0.5 Linear feet
Box 20, OV 27
1935-1979
Scope and Contents note
Some of Holger Cahill's files relating to his work as director of the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) remained with Dorothy Miller, including a series of essays written primarily by FAP artists which Cahill intended to publish, but had not before his death in 1960. This series contains both Cahill's files and Miller's files relating to subsequent FAP research efforts by others. There are two folders of correspondence and other material concerning Miller's work with art historian Francis O'Connor in collecting, organizing, and editing the FAP artist essays that Cahill had saved and which were ultimately published as Art for the Millions: Essays from the 1930s by Artists and Administrators of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975). In the mid-1960s Miller began donating Cahill's FAP records to the Archives of American Art and scattered correspondence related to this disposition can be found here.
Miller also worked with the Newark Museum in 1978-1979 on the exhibition Murals Without Walls which celebrated the recovery of two large panels of Arshile Gorky's "lost" murals painted for the Newark Airport in 1936-1937 under the FAP. There are files of Miller's correspondence with the museum about the project wherein she provided information about the Gorky murals from Cahill's FAP files.
Additional files document inquiries relating to poster artists and referrals that Miller made to the Office of War Information Graphics Division following the closure of the FAP; an exhibition The Thirties: Reaction to a Crisis held at the Lowe Art Center in April 1974; and a folder of five copies of letters from Holger Cahill to artist Mitchell Siporin. There is also a folder containing copies of a text written by Miller for an exhibition she organized and was circulated by the Museum of Modern Art entitled The U.S. Government Art Projects: Some Distinguished Alumni.
Arshile Gorky Murals, Correspondence and Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1952-1977
20
11
Arshile Gorky Murals, Correspondence and Printed Material
Arshile Gorky Murals, Correspondence and Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1977-1979
20
12
Arshile Gorky Murals, Correspondence and Printed Material
Arshile Gorky Murals, Photographs
Archival Resource Key
1936-1977
20
13
Arshile Gorky Murals, Photographs
Art For The Millions
Archival Resource Key
1935-1976
20
14-15
Cahill Letters to Mitchell Siporin
Archival Resource Key
1937-1945
20
16
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1936-1978
20
17-20
Correspondence, Contreras, Belisario R. (researcher)
Archival Resource Key
1963-1968
20
21
Office of War Information Graphics Division
Archival Resource Key
1941-1943
20
22-23
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in OV 27
The U. S. Government Art Projects: Some Distinguished Alumni, Exhibition (1963-1964: Museum of Modern Art)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963
20
24
The Thirties: Reaction to a Crisis Exhibition (1974: Lowe Art Center)
Archival Resource Key
1969-1979
20
25
Oversized Office of War Information Graphics Division Sheet of Stamps
Archival Resource Key
1943
OV 27
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 20, F 23
Edward Hicks Catalog
Series 10
Archival Resource Key
21.5 Linear feet
Boxes 20-22
1934-1984
Scope and Contents note
This series documents Miller's collaborative work with Eleanore Price Mather to compile and publish the monograph Edward Hicks: His Peaceable Kingdoms and Other Paintings (University of Delaware Press, Newark, 1983).
Materials include correspondence between Miller and Mather and others, notes, Christmas cards with reproductions of artwork by Hicks, contract files, lists, research files, printed material, and annotated photographs of artwork.
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
20
Mather, Eleanor Price
Archival Resource Key
1959-1984
20
26-27
Correspondents A-B
Archival Resource Key
1934-1979
20
28
Correspondents C
Archival Resource Key
1938-1979
20
29
Correspondents D-G
Archival Resource Key
1938-1981
20
30
Correspondents H-L
Archival Resource Key
1938-1973
20
31
Correspondents M-R
Archival Resource Key
1938-1976
21
1
Correspondents S-V
Archival Resource Key
1938-1975
21
2
Correspondents W-Y
Archival Resource Key
1959-1977
21
3
Photograph Requests
Archival Resource Key
1975
21
4
Publication by Associated University Presses
Archival Resource Key
1980-1983
21
5
Greeting Cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938-circa 1970s
21
6
Hicks Bibliographies
Archival Resource Key
circa 20th century
21
7
Listings for Catalog
Archival Resource Key
1978
21
8-9
Notes for Catalog by L. L. Beans "The Life and Work of Edward Hicks,"
Archival Resource Key
1949-1951
21
10
Notes and Draft Preface
Archival Resource Key
1981-1983
21
11
Notes on Paintings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1935-circa 1981
21
12-14
Page Proofs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1983
21
15-16
Research Material, Photostats of Hicks Documentation, circa 1970s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
21
17
Research Postcards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
21
18
Text Draft
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980s
21
19
Transcripts for "A Quaker's Colors: A Biography of Edward Hicks" by Robert W. Abendroth
Archival Resource Key
circa 20th century
21
20
Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1938-1946
21
21
Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1951-1959
21
22
Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1960-1967
21
23-24
Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1973-1978
21
25-26
Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
21
27
Printed Material, Edward Hicks, Primitive Quaker. His Religion in Relation to His Art by Eleanore Price Mather
Archival Resource Key
1970
21
28
Printed Material, Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1941-1948
21
29
Printed Material, Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1953-1968
21
30
Printed Material, Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1970-1975
22
1
Printed Material, Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1980-1983
22
2
Photographs of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
22
Master Set 1: "Earliest Peaceable Kingdom, Peaceable Kingdom of the Branch" (Yale, Aarfal, Sussfi)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
22
3
Master Set 2: "Peaceable Kingdoms with Banners,"
Archival Resource Key
1827-1837, circa 1970s
22
4
Master Set 3: "Transitional Peaceable Kingdoms,"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
22
5
Master Set 4: "Seated Lions," Peaceable Kingdom
Archival Resource Key
circa 1941
22
6
Master Set 5: "Middle Kingdoms, Lions in Profile," Peaceable Kingdom
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s-1981
22
7
Master Set 6: Peaceable Kingdom
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
22
8
Master Set 7: Peaceable Kingdom
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
22
9
Master Set 8: "Farms,"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1942, circa 1970s
22
10
Master Set 9: "Grave of William Penn and Penn's Treaty with Indians,"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
22
11
Master Set 10: "Washington Crossing the Delaware,"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
22
12
Master Set 11: Miscellaneous Subjects
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
22
13
Duplicates and Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1970s
22
14
General Research Files
Series 11
Archival Resource Key
0.8 Linear feet
Boxes 22-23
1930s-1980
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.
American Folk Art
Archival Resource Key
22
Correspondence and Notes
Archival Resource Key
1930s-1968
22
15-16
Correspondence and Notes
Archival Resource Key
1970-1980
22
17
Correspondence, Ed Fuller Manuscript on William Edmondson
Archival Resource Key
1971-1973
22
18
Manuscript of Thesis by Wanda Corn
Archival Resource Key
1965
22
19
Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1935-1965
22
20-21
Photographs of Artwork, Unknown and A
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
22
22-25
Photographs of Artwork, B
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
22
26
Photographs of Artwork, C-D
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
22
27-28
Photographs of Artwork, E-F
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
22
29
Photographs of Artwork, G
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
22
30
Photographs of Artwork, H
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
22
31
Photographs of Artwork, I-K
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
22
32
Photographs of Artwork, L-M
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
22
33
Photographs of Artwork, N-Q
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
22
34
Photographs of Artwork, Rivera, Diego, rolled in 2 slide boxes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
22
35-36
Photographs of Artwork, R-S
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
23
1
Photographs of Artwork, T
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
23
2
Photographs of Artwork, U-Z
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
23
3
Exhibition Files
Series 12
Archival Resource Key
0.6 Linear feet
Box 23
1932-1986
Scope and Contents note
This series contains materials related to three exhibitions. A press release and a label is found for the landmark exhibition American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, organized by Holger Cahill for the Museum of Modern Art in 1932-1933. Also found here are two copies of the catalog and index cards of artwork for the First Municipal Art Exhibition (1934) organized by Miller and Cahill and shown at the Rockefeller Center in New York; one catalog is annotated with addresses of the artists. Additional scattered documents concern the galleries or Salons of America of the exhibition.
One folder relates to the exhibition Dorothy C. Miller: With An Eye to American Art, held at the Smith College Museum of Art in 1985 that was inspired by Miller's famous series of "American" shows at MOMA.
American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America (1932-1933: Museum of Modern Art)
Archival Resource Key
1932-1933
23
4
First Municipal Art Exhibition (1934: New York)
Archival Resource Key
1934
23
5
First Municipal Art Exhibition (1934: New York), Card Catalog A-J
Archival Resource Key
1934
23
6
First Municipal Art Exhibition (1934: New York), Card Catalog K-Z
Archival Resource Key
1934
23
7
Salons of America (1934: New York)
Archival Resource Key
1971
23
8
Dorothy C. Miller: With An Eye To American Art (1985: Smith College Museum of Art)
Archival Resource Key
1985-1986
23
9
Works of Art
Series 13
Archival Resource Key
1.5 Linear feet
Boxes 23-25
circa 1924-circa 1982
Scope and Contents note
Original artwork consists primarily of a large collection of artists' greeting cards sent to Dorothy Miller and Holger Cahill. There are also a few scattered sketches and drawings. Artists include Elise Asher, Ilya Bolotowsky, Bernard Childs, Lew Davis, Jay DeFeo, Rene d' Harnoncourt, Lyonel Feininger, Pop Hart, Grace Hartigan, Bernard Karpel, Stanley Landsmen, William Littlefield, Agnes Sims and Hiram Williams.
Arrangement note
Artwork is arranged alphabetically by name of artist.
Original Christmas Cards
Archival Resource Key
23
A
Archival Resource Key
circa 1956-circa 1957
23
10
A
Archival Resource Key
circa 1957-1969
23
11
A
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 25
B
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938-circa 1976
23
12-14
Blumenthal, Ann and Joseph
Archival Resource Key
1937-1965
23
15-16
C
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938-circa 1982
23
17
C
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938-circa 1982
24
1-2
D
Archival Resource Key
circa 1941 circa 1972
24
3
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 25
E
Archival Resource Key
1953, undated
24
4
F
Archival Resource Key
1946-1947, undated
24
5
G
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-circa 1964
24
6
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 25
H
Archival Resource Key
circa 1924-circa 1964
24
7
I
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-circa 1968
24
8
K
Archival Resource Key
circa 1953-circa 1976
24
9-11
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 25
L
Archival Resource Key
circa 1953-circa 1963
24
12
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 25
M
Archival Resource Key
circa 1953-circa 1978
24
13-14
N-O
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-circa 1977
24
15
P
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938-circa 1968
24
16
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 25
R
Archival Resource Key
circa 1956-circa 1971
24
17
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 25
S
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945-circa 1976
24
18-20
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 25
T
Archival Resource Key
1964-1967, undated
24
21
V
Archival Resource Key
1954-1965
24
22
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 25
W
Archival Resource Key
circa 1949-circa 1969
24
23
Y-Z
Archival Resource Key
circa 1957-circa 1977
24
24
Spencer, Niles, Pencil Sketch of Sadakichi Hartmann
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1950s
24
25
Unidentified Drawings, Watercolors, Prints
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
26
Oversized Original Christmas Cards
Archival Resource Key
25
Oversized A (Arpel; Asher, Elise)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959
25
Scope and Contents
Oversized material digitized with Box 23, F 11
Oversized D (Davis, Lew)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1941-circa 1972
25
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 24, F 3
Oversized G (Gisiger, Jean-George)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-circa 1964
25
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 24, F 6
Oversized K (Karpel, Bernard; Kawashima, T.)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1953-circa 1976
25
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 24, F 9-11
Oversized L (Landsmen, Stanley; Littlefield, William)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1953-circa 1963
25
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 24, F 12
Oversized P (Pereira Irene Rice)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938-circa 1968
25
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 24, F 16
Oversized R (Rowan)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1956-circa 1971
25
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 24, F 17
Oversized S (Sims, Agnes)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945-circa 1976
25
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 24, F 18-20
Oversized V (Vasarely)
Archival Resource Key
1954-1965
25
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 24, F 22
Photographs
Series 14
Archival Resource Key
0.3 Linear feet
Boxes 24-25
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.
Photographs of Miller, Passport Photos
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s, 1959
24
27
Photographs of Miller, Portraits
Archival Resource Key
1930s
24
28
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 25
Photographs of Miller and Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
24
29
Transparencies of Miller and Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
24
30
Photographs of Miller and Others, Newark Art Museum Apprentice Class
Archival Resource Key
1926
24
31
Photographs of Miller and Others, Newark Art Museum Apprentice Class
Photographs of Miller and Others, Smith College Commencement
Archival Resource Key
1959
24
32
Photographs of Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
24
33
Photographs, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1938
24
34
Transparencies of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
24
35
Oversized Photograph of Miller by Soichi Sunami, Portrait
Archival Resource Key
circa 1932
25
Scope and Contents
Oversized material from Box 24, F 28
Addition to the Dorothy C. Miller Papers
Series 15
Archival Resource Key
9.9 Linear feet
Boxes 28-38, OVs 39-41
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)
Biographical Material
15.1
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
Box 28
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.
Biographical Writing
Archival Resource Key
circa 1957-1985
28
1
Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1950s-1960s
28
2
Family Papers
15.2
Archival Resource Key
2.4 Linear feet
Boxes 28-30, OV 39
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.
Rob and Katherine Barrett
Archival Resource Key
1919-1941
28
3
Ella Churchill Canning
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1905
28
4
Alice Canning
Archival Resource Key
1907-1944
28
5-6
Canning Family, General
Archival Resource Key
1904-1950
28
7-8
Adelaide Gerrish Miller
Archival Resource Key
1883-1964
28
9-13
Arthur Barrett Miller
Archival Resource Key
28
Biographical Material
Archival Resource Key
1917-1966
28
14
Clippings and Ephemera
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1966
28
15
Clippings, John D. Rockefeller
Archival Resource Key
1930s
28
16
Scope and Contents
Oversized clippings housed in OV 39
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1799
1895-1966
28
17
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1895-1966
29
1-3
Montclair, New Jersey
Archival Resource Key
1887-1952
29
4
Stevens Institute School Records
Archival Resource Key
1892-1897
29
5
Writings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
29
6-7
Edith Canning Miller
Archival Resource Key
1862-1955
29
8-13
Arthur Barrett Miller and Edith Miller Photographs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1950
29
14-15
William Miller
Archival Resource Key
1853-1931
30
1-2
Frank Waller
Archival Resource Key
1912-1935
30
3
Miller Family, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1880-1970
30
4-7
Miller Genealogy Research
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1992
30
8
Family Photographs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1880-1920
30
9
Scope and Contents
Includes copy prints from circa 2000
Obituaries
Archival Resource Key
1903-1993
30
10
Donor's Research
Archival Resource Key
circa 1979-2002
30
11
Oversized Arthur Barret Miller Clippings about Rockefeller from Box 28, Folder 16
Archival Resource Key
OV 39
Correspondence
15.3
Archival Resource Key
1.1 Linear feet
Boxes 30-31
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.
Alexander, Marie
Archival Resource Key
1958
30
12
Andrews, Edward D.
Archival Resource Key
1956-1957
30
13
Artists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1989
30
14
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Robert Motherwell, Hans Hofmann, Tom Corwin, Edwin Dickinson, Nathan Oliviera, Fred Martin, Morgan Russell, Janice Biala, Philip Guston, Donald Bear, Hyman Bloom, Edgar Britton, John Sloan, Bill Gaskin, Ed Corbett, Clay Spohn, Emma Lu Davis, and others.
A, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-1974
30
15
Biesel, Fred and Frances Strain
Archival Resource Key
1940-1955
30
16
Boyfriends
Archival Resource Key
circa 1928-1990
30
17
Brett, Catherine
Archival Resource Key
circa 1935-1965
30
18
B, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1958
30
19
Cahill, Holger
Archival Resource Key
1926-1959
30
20-22
Carpenter, Leonard
Archival Resource Key
2006
1926-1960
30
23
C, General
Archival Resource Key
1956
30
24
D, General
Archival Resource Key
1957-1980
30
25
Feitelson, Lorser and Helen Lundeberg
Archival Resource Key
1954-1980
30
26
Friess, Constance
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975-1995
30
27
G, General
Archival Resource Key
1937-1983
30
28
Hathaway, Rufus, Painting Restoration
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965
31
1
Holt, Elizabeth and John
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-1987
31
2
H, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1942-1960
31
3
I, General
Archival Resource Key
1960
31
4
Johnson, Anna
Archival Resource Key
1954-1967
31
5
Kidde, Walter
Archival Resource Key
1933-1954
31
6
Scope and Contents
Includes a few letters to Arthur Barrett Miller
K, General
Archival Resource Key
1960
31
7
Lambie, Liz
Archival Resource Key
1953
31
8
Miller, Barrett
Archival Resource Key
1921-1979
31
9
Miller Family
Archival Resource Key
1912-1962
31
10-11
Scope and Contents
Includes many letters from Arthur Barrett Miller
M, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
31
12
Pickens, Alton
Archival Resource Key
1955
31
13
Pocono Residence
Archival Resource Key
circa 1946-1960
31
14
Professional
Archival Resource Key
1950-1987
31
15
Ray, Man
Archival Resource Key
1955
31
16
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Miller by Ray
R, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-1960
31
17
White, Alice and Reid
Archival Resource Key
1930-1982
31
18
Scheider, Katherine and D.
Archival Resource Key
1956-1960
31
19
Schulte, Antoinette
Archival Resource Key
1953-1967
31
20
Smith, Margery
Archival Resource Key
1955-1957
31
21
Smith College Friends
Archival Resource Key
1932-1960
31
22
Sympathy
Archival Resource Key
1966
31
23
S, General
Archival Resource Key
1942-1958
31
24
Taft, Edgar
Archival Resource Key
1995
1953-1960
31
25
T, General
Archival Resource Key
1947-1968
31
26
Van Hook Ferber, Elise
Archival Resource Key
1953-1957
31
27
Wilson, Eleanor
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
31
28
W, General
Archival Resource Key
1989
1960
31
29
First Names Only
Archival Resource Key
1951-1976
31
30
Professional Files
15.4
Archival Resource Key
0.2 Linear feet
Box 31
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.
"Americans Seen" Book Project
Archival Resource Key
1946-1950
31
31
Roy Neuberger Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
circa 1978
31
32
Newark Museum
Archival Resource Key
circa 1926-1935
31
33
Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1985
31
34
Art Collection and Client Files
15.5
Archival Resource Key
3.5 Linear feet
Boxes 31-35
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.
Artists in Collection
Archival Resource Key
31
A, General
Archival Resource Key
1995
circa 1960
31
35
Barr, Victoria
Archival Resource Key
1955-1982
31
36
Bluemner, Oscar
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980-1995
31
37
Bontecou, Lee
Archival Resource Key
1960-2005
31
38
Burrage, Mildred
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979
31
39
B, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1971-1979
31
40
Calder, Alexander
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2005
31
41
Coggeshall, Calvert
Archival Resource Key
1963-1995
31
42
Chryssa
Archival Resource Key
1961-2013
31
43
Chryssa
C, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980
31
44
Davis, Joseph
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1995
31
45
Davis, Stuart
Archival Resource Key
1935-2002
31
46
Dove, Arthur
Archival Resource Key
circa 1994
31
47
D, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1995
circa 1975
32
1
Feininger, Lyonel
Archival Resource Key
1951-1995
32
2
Feininger, Lyonel
Francis, Sam
Archival Resource Key
1957-1985
32
3
F, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1980
32
4
Glarner, Fritz
Archival Resource Key
1978-1996
32
5
Gorky, Arshile
Archival Resource Key
circa 1941-2001
32
6
Gorky, Arshile
Graves, Morris
Archival Resource Key
1942-2003
32
7
Guston, Philip
Archival Resource Key
1953-2003
32
8
Gonzalez, Julio
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975
32
9
Hartigan, Grace
Archival Resource Key
circa 1957-1990
32
10
Hare, David
Archival Resource Key
1992
32
11
Edward Hicks, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1999
32
12-13
Edward Hicks, Loans and Insurance
Archival Resource Key
circa 1957-1985
32
14
Edward Hicks, Peaceable Kingdom Sale
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990-1996
32
15
Edward Hicks, Reproductions
Archival Resource Key
1958-1994
32
16
Johns, Jasper
Archival Resource Key
1964-2003
32
17
Kiesler, Frederick
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
32
18
Kline, Franz
Archival Resource Key
circa 1958-2003
32
19
Kolár, JirÃ
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-1975
32
20
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1994
32
21
Lundeberg, Helen
Archival Resource Key
1954-1999
32
22
L, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968-1995
32
23
McQueen, John
Archival Resource Key
1977-1991
32
24
Moore, Henry
Archival Resource Key
1949-2003
32
25
M, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1957-2003
32
26
Nevelson, Louise
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-2005
33
1
Okulick, John
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977-1990
33
2
Pascin, Cinderella
Archival Resource Key
1938-1994
33
3
Pereira, Irene Rice
Archival Resource Key
1947-1995
33
4
Picasso, Pablo
Archival Resource Key
1995
circa 1970
33
5
R, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975-1995
33
6
Samaras, Lucas
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1995
33
7
Scope and Contents
Includes two drawings by Samaras made for Miller
Schwitters, Kurt
Archival Resource Key
1948-1971
33
8
Shahn, Ben
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1996
33
9
Shaw, Charles
Archival Resource Key
circa 1995
1975-1977
33
10
Sheeler, Charles
Archival Resource Key
1966-1992
33
11
Shiele, Egan
Archival Resource Key
1957-1995
33
12
Spencer, Niles
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1995
33
13
Steinberg, Saul
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1995
33
14
Suba, Miklos
Archival Resource Key
1964-1995
33
15
S, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1966-1995
33
16
Tawney, Lenore
Archival Resource Key
1967-1985
33
17
Tomlin, Bradley
Archival Resource Key
1951-2003
33
18
Tryggvaddotir, Nina
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-1995
33
19
T, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1995
circa 1975
33
20
Van Leyden, Ernest
Archival Resource Key
1962-1986
33
21
Villon, Jacques
Archival Resource Key
1963-1995
33
22
Weber, Max
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
circa 1995
33
23
W, General
Archival Resource Key
1963-1995
33
24
Zorach, William
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975
circa 1995
33
25
Artworks in Collection
Archival Resource Key
33
Art Collection Binder (disbound)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990
33
26
Aboriginal
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1995
33
27
Antiques
Archival Resource Key
circa 1967-1995
33
28
Bridal Boxes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1995
33
29
Chalkware
Archival Resource Key
circa 1995
33
30
Eagles
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1990
33
31
Folk Art Collection Binder (disbound)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1990
33
32
Folk Artworks, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1939-1990
33
33-35
Fraktures
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990
33
36
Furniture
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1990
33
37
Indian Baskets
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1995
33
38
Jewelry
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1975
33
39
Landscapes (Folk)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1995
33
40
Mourning Pictures
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
circa 1995
33
41
Portraits
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-1970
33
42
Sculpture (Folk)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1995
33
43
Shaker
Archival Resource Key
1936
circa 1995
33
44
Still Lifes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990
circa 1970
34
1
Toys
Archival Resource Key
circa 1995
circa 1970
34
2
Weathervanes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1995
34
3
Whirligigs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
circa 1995
34
4
Artworks, Original
Archival Resource Key
34
5
Scope and Contents
Includes a print by Miguel Angel Vidal and a drawing by Al Copley
Conservation
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1995
34
6
Consignment Records
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1995
34
7
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-1995
34
8
Financial Records
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1995
34
9
Former Collection
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-1995
34
10
Former Collection, Folk Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990
circa 1970
34
11
Framing
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-1995
34
12
Gifts
Archival Resource Key
34
To Jane Cahill
Archival Resource Key
circa 1942-1995
34
13
To the Museum of Modern Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-1995
34
14
To the Newark Museum
Archival Resource Key
circa 1954-1980
34
15
To Nelson Rockefeller
Archival Resource Key
circa 1958-1995
34
16
To Smith College
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1995
34
17
To Reid White
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1995
34
18
To the Whitney Museum
Archival Resource Key
1980
1986
34
19
Index
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
34
20
Insurance
Archival Resource Key
circa 1976-1995
34
21
Lists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1996
34
22
Missing
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1995
34
23
Research, Folk Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1960
34
24-25
William Miller Collection
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1980
35
1
Printed Material
15.6
Archival Resource Key
1.7 Linear feet
Boxes 35-36, OV 40
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.
Announcements
Archival Resource Key
1933-1982
35
2
Auction Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1973-2003
35
3-5
Books
Archival Resource Key
1926-1950
35
6-11
Scope and Contents
Oversized book housed in OV 40
Booklets
Archival Resource Key
circa 1919-1960
1876
35
12-13
Titles of Books in Library
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990
35
14
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-2000
35
15
Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1930s
1917
35
16
Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1940s
36
1-4
Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1950s
36
5
Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1960s-1970s
36
6
Periodicals
Archival Resource Key
1917-1980s
36
7-11
Postcards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1960
36
12
Stationary
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1960
36
13
General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1990
36
14
Oversized Book of Pennsylvania German Designs, 1930s from Box 35, Folder 7
Archival Resource Key
OV 40
Photographic Material
15.7
Archival Resource Key
1 Linear foot
Boxes 36-38, OV 41
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.
Photograph Lists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
circa 1990
36
15
Portraits of Miller by Lynn Gilbert
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977
36
16
Miller and Artists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959-1978
36
17
Miller and Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1970
36
18
Miller and Family
Miller and Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1995
36
19
Miller and Others, Stockbridge and Nantucket
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945
36
20
Miller and Others, Stockbridge and Nantucket
Scope and Contents
Includes contact sheets printed in circa 1990
Miller at Award Ceremonies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1934-1995
37
1
Miller's Retirement Party
Archival Resource Key
1969
37
2
Miller's Retirement Party
Miller and Cats
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1970
37
3
Portraits of Holger Cahill by Berenice Abbott
Archival Resource Key
1955
37
4
Copy Prints of Holder Cahill from Article in PM Magazine
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990
37
5
Travel, Europe
Archival Resource Key
1927
37
6
Travel
Archival Resource Key
circa 1936-1970
37
7
Art Collection, Residences, and Reproductions of Vintage Photographs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1985-2013
37
8
Art Collection, Residences, and Reproductions of Vintage Photographs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1985-2013
38
1-3
Oversized Portraits of Miller
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930
circa 1977
OV 41