Archives of American Art
Millard Sheets papers
Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989
AAA.sheemill
Archival Resource Key
27.6 Linear feet
circa 1907-2000
The Millard Sheets papers comprise 27.6 linear feet of material dating from circa 1907 to 2000 with bulk dates spanning 1956 to 1981. The collection documents Sheets's career as a designer, painter, and muralist, and his personal and professional interests through correspondence, writings, lectures, printed material, drawings, slides, photographs, and ephemera.
A small addition donated 2018 by Carolyn Owen-Toole, Sheet's daughter. There is a 4.6 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated 2018 that includes writings; sketchbooks and sketches; photographs and negatives of works of art, images of Millard Sheets and others including family; printed material, including two scrapbooks; and scattered correspondence regarding Sheet's projects.
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Biographical Note
"Your painting is a measure of your mind"-Millard Sheets
Millard Sheets, as one of the founding members of the "California Scene Painters," exerted a lasting influence upon subsequent generations of Western painters. He and the small group of painters who worked in California during the 1930s and 1940s, developed a new style of watercolor painting that was at the forefront of the American watercolor movement of the time, and that later gave rise to a subsequent generation of painters who became known as the California Regionalist school.
Sheets was born in Pomona, California on June 24, 1907. His mother died in childbirth, and his father, John Sheets, unprepared to raise a baby alone, sent Millard to Pomona, California to be raised by his maternal grandparents, Lewis and Emma Owen. Sheets's grandfather proved to be a guiding force in his life, and when Sheets's father remarried and offered Millard the opportunity to return to the Sheets household, Millard chose instead to remain with his grandparents.
Sheets's love of horses can be directly traced back to his childhood years spent living at his grandfather's horse ranch. Millard rode his first horse when he was three years old. Throughout his life, Sheets returned to the theme of horses in his paintings, as well as maintaining a private stable of horses, and raising and breeding racehorses.
His interest in art also began in childhood. When he was still a young boy, his two maternal aunts encouraged him to play with crayons and pencils. Sheets took his first painting lesson from a neighbor at the age of seven, and by 1919 he had already submitted artwork to the copy division of the Los Angeles County Fair fine arts show competition. He submitted a drawing he had copied of a tinted photograph of Lake KIlarney, California. Sheets won first prize in his division.
It was through this competition that Millard met Theodore B. Modra, a Polish artist who had retired to the Pomona area. After giving Sheets a lecture on the evils of copying art, Modra offered to give him art lessons.
Sheets continued to pursue his interest in art and enrolled in the Choinard School of Art in Los Angeles, California. By the time that he graduated in 1929, Sheets had also managed to come to the attention of Dalzell and Ruth Hatfield of the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in Los Angeles, California. The Hatfields were one of the most influential art dealers in Southern California, and that same year, they sponsored Sheets in his first one-man exhibition in 1929. The exhibition brought Sheets to the attention of Western Coast art critics and launched Sheets on his painting career.
In 1929 Sheets also learned that he had won second place in the annual Edgar B. Davis art competition held in San Antonio, Texas. The award came with a cash prize and Sheets made plans to travel to Europe to study and paint. Shortly before his departure, however, he met an art student, Mary Baskerville, and they began a whirlwind romance. With Baskerville's enthusiastic support for European plans, and with her promise that she would wait for him, Sheets departed for New York and then Europe.
While overseas during 1929 and 1930, Sheets studied under Dorfinant, a master printer in Paris. Through his work at this studio workshop, he met Henri Matisse.
Five months after Millard returned to the California in 1930, Sheets and Mary Baskerville married. Sheets worked as the director of the Fine Arts Exhibition of the Los Angeles County Fair. In 1932 Sheets returned to school to study art and humanities at Scripps College in Claremont, California. After graduating from Scripps, school officials approached Sheets with an offer to set up a separate fine arts program and asked him to chair the new department. This was the beginning of a twenty year association with the school. In 1938, he also became the Director of Art at Claremont Graduate School.
Sheets left the school during the years of World War II to serve as a war-time artist and journalist for Life magazine, and from 1943-1944 was stationed on the Burma-India Front. His experiences in Asia appeared to affect him deeply. In contrast to his earlier works which featured backgrounds with neutral tones and brilliant shades that highlighted and punctuated the compositions, the paintings from the wartime featured somber tones. Sheets remarked of this time:
During the fighting and the time I spent in the C-B-1 theater, I was too shaken and intellectually stunned to do any complete paintings. I made many, many sketches, though, as well as a real effort to remember each scene that particularly affected me. Then, once I returned to America, I painted frantically, for months, exorcising demons. [Lovoos, Janice and Edmund F. Penney, Millard Sheets: One-Man Renaissance, Northland Press, Flagstaff, AZ, 1984]
Sheets returned from the war in 1944 and resumed his position at Scripps College until 1955 when he was approached by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and asked to overhaul the fledgling Los Angeles County Art Institute. Sheets accepted the position and spent the next five years reshaping the mission and format of the school, renaming it the Otis Art Institute. In the years after Sheets left the directorship, the school eventually became part of the Parson's School of Design on the West Coast.
In 1953 Sheets founded the Millard Sheets Designs company. He hired between twenty-five and thirty artisans for large projects, with Susan Hertel, a former student of his, serving as his assistant in all the operations of the design studio. The working staff included engineers, registered architects, draftsmen, and artists, and the projects that the firm produced included murals, mosaics, stained glass, and sculpture for private homes and public and commercial businesses.
The design studio completed several major architectural projects throughout the late 1950s through the mid 1970s, including the design and construction of Cal Aero, a flight training school for the US Air Force, the National American Insurance Company offices for the California financier, Howard Ahmanson, Ahmanson Bank and Trust Company in Beverly Hills, many Home Savings and Loan Association Buildings, private residences, and the Scottish Rite Memorial Temples in Los Angeles and San Francisco, among many other projects.
Sheets also designed and completed mural and mosiac work for numerous public buildings in the Los Angeles area, as well as across the nation. Many of the murals and mosiacs were for those buildings designed by his firm while others were done as independent commissions.
In 1968 Sheets first proposed the murals he designed for the Los Angeles City Hall. His design was approved and he was awarded a commission to complete The Family of Man murals over the two main entrances to the Los Angeles City Hall. The murals were completed in 1971 and installed in 1972. Sheets also designed mosiacs and murals for the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, the Library at Notre Dame University, the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple in Los Angeles, several Home Savings and Loan Association buildings in the Los Angeles area, the Detroit Public Library, and the Dome of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.
During the early 1960s Sheets participated in the American Specialist Program of the US Department of State. His first assignment was to Turkey in 1960, where he served as a visiting artist. The following year he went to the USSR in the same capacity.
During the early to mid 1950s Sheets became involved with Columbia Pictures and was technical advisor and production designer for a few years.
Millard Sheets was a member of the National Watercolor Society, the American Watercolor Society, the National Academy of Design, the Society of Motion Picture Art Directors, and the Century Association. Sheets actively promoted his own work and was a businessman, an active and prolific artist, instructor, and designer. Millard Sheets died on March 31, 1989 in Gualala, California.
Scope and Content Note
The personal papers of Millard Sheets (1907-1990) measure 27.6 linear feet and date from circa 1907-2000, with bulk dates of 1956-1981. The collection reflects Sheets's career as a designer, painter, and muralist, as well as his other personal and professional interests, through correspondence, writings, lectures, clippings, blueprints, drawings, slides, photographs, and ephemera.
The Project Files comprise the largest group of materials in the collection and document design work undertaken by Sheets through his company Millard Sheets & Associates Designs. Sheets and his associates produced concept drawings and blueprints and supervised the construction for a wide range of design projects that ranged in scale from architectural plans for private residences to bid proposals for shopping malls and financial institutions located in California and the Southwest.
Sheets designed interior and exterior plans for over forty Home Savings and Loan bank branches in California. The distinctive modular design which Sheets created and then customized by integrating interior and exterior art elements that highlighted local historical events or natural features became synonymous with the image of Home Savings and Loan. Sheets also teamed up with the architect Edward Durrell Stone to produce a proposal for the Capitol Mall Project, an urban renewal project for the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Sacramento. Researchers will find correspondence, job costs and billing statements, and notes that trace the development of these and other building construction projects. In some instances the documents are supplemented by blueprints, photographs, and/or drawings of the project, but in many cases, visual documentation is missing.
The Project Files also document work done by Millard Sheets on public projects such as the Family of Man mural in the Los Angeles City Hall Annex, a mosaic dome in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C., and the Word of Life mural at the University of Notre Dame, Ind., along with numerous other murals and mosaics created for private individuals and corporations.
The Correspondence Series primarily reflects the interaction between Sheets and his clients, colleagues, and personal acquaintances. These files will prove valuable to researchers who are interested in the way that Sheets's beliefs about the role of art in everyday life impacted the way he conducted business and managed both large and small design projects. The correspondence also reflects Sheets's interest in popular American culture, travel, political issues of the day, and art collecting.
The Membership Files document the wide variety of interests that Sheets maintained through active membership in associations and organizations. The material in this series consists primarily of correspondence, minutes of meetings, and notes which Sheets created or used as he served as a board member or trustee on a number of organizational boards, such as the California Institute of the Arts, the Claremont Colleges, Virginia Steele Scott Foundation, Webb School of California, and Goodwill Industries of Southern California.
Also found in this series is material that documents his interest and participation in various recreational and professional organizations. Sheets maintained a long association with the Economic Roundtable, a group of businessmen who met regularly to give presentations and share discussion on contemporary political and social issues. Sheets was a frequent speaker and his talks given at the Economic Roundtables can be found in Lectures and Speeches, a subseries of the Writings Series.
Included in the Millard Sheets & Associates Designs, Inc. series are records that reflect the day-to-day operations of Sheets's design firm. Found here are chronological copies of correspondence that were sent out, files Sheets maintained on various independent contractors that the design firm frequently used, resumes and letters of recommendation that Sheets received regarding potential employees, as well as records relating to the cost and maintenance of Sheets's office building.
The Teaching and Workshop Files document the instructional activities undertaken by Sheets throughout his career in the arts. Although Sheets became pivotal in establishing a regionally recognized art department at Scripps College in Claremont, California, the files that reflect his academic position there are limited in scope and depth. Researchers will find more substantive the files that he maintained on the numerous art demonstrations and paintings workshops that he conducted privately throughout his career. Sheets traveled extensively around the world through his teaching activities and the files in this series track his path.
Closely related to the Teaching and Workshop Files is the Painting Trips series. The material in these files document Sheets's service as an American Specialist in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the USIS, Department of State. Sheets served two times as a cultural arts representative in Turkey in 1960 and in the former USSR in 1961. Sheets also made numerous trips to South East Asia, which had proved an area of fascination for him since his experiences as a war correspondent in Burma and India in World War II. The files in this series document his painting trips to Tahiti, the Pacific Ocean Rim, and Hawaii. Also found are files that detail his painting activities in Mexico.
The Exhibition Files reflect the records that Sheets maintained regarding his participation in art exhibitions, as well as his files on art shows that he personally directed or organized for public or private groups or organizations. Although Sheets exhibited his work predominantly in the West and Southwest, the files in this series demonstrate that he exhibited both nationally and internationally as well.
Also found within the records for this series are files relating to Sheets's representation of his artwork through established galleries and art agents. The Dalziel Hatfield Galleries of Los Angeles, California, served as his primary agent for most of his painting career. Correspondence between Sheets and the Hatfields provide insight into Sheets's development into a regionally and nationally significant watercolorist and painter. The files relating to the Kennedy Galleries in New York and the Circle Gallery in Chicago reflect Sheets's efforts to maintain a national presence in the arts community.
The Jury Files document Sheets's involvement as a juror in regional, as well, as national shows. The files reveal the great variety of professional watercolor and painting exhibitions in which Sheets participated as either a jury panelist or solo judge.
The Writings Files provide an excellent source for researchers interested in Sheets's philosophical beliefs about the relationship between art and everyday life. His articles, lectures, and speeches predominantly address the role of the artist, the relationships that exist between artists and the community, and the role that art can play in making a fuller, more productive life. Also found in the files of this series are articles written by others about Sheets.
The Biographical Material series provides a short introduction to Millard Sheets. The files consist of the calendars maintained by Sheets and his wife and staff, which were used to coordinate his many commitments and appointments. Also found in the files of this series are family chronologies that were created by Mary Baskerville Sheets. Medical records and resumes provide personal information about Sheets's background and health. A small file of military memorabilia provides information about Sheets's contributions to the war effort in World War II.
The Printed Matter series documents family activities and personalities through publicity clippings. Also found are exhibition catalogs and announcements that Sheets saved regarding other artists. Miscellaneous interests and activities of Sheets are found through magazine articles, brochures, and flyers.
The Photographs series includes photographic documentation for Sheets's artwork, horses, and major projects. A small group of photographs of Sheets are also in this series.
The files in the Artwork series include original drawings by Mary Baskerville Sheets and Millard Sheets.
There is a 4.6 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated 2018 that includes writings; sketchbooks and sketches; photographs and negatives of works of art, images of Millard Sheets and others including family; printed material, including two scrapbooks; and scattered correspondence regarding Sheet's projects.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into fifteen series. Small series, such as Biographical Material are generally based on type of document. Larger series, such as Correspondence or Project Files, are arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent or project. General correspondence has been made into its own series, but other series or subseries may also contain some correspondence. Within particular series, materials have been further divided into subseries which represent particular aspects of the project or event. For example, the Writings Series is further divided into subseries of books and articles, eulogies, and lectures and speeches. An outline listing series and subseries titles and dates follows.
Missing Title
- Series 1: Biographical Material, 1907-1982, undated (boxes 1-2; 1.25 linear ft.)
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1929-1990, undated (boxes 2-4; 2.75 linear ft.)
- Series 3: Personal Business Records, 1933-1980, undated (boxes 5-6; 1.25 linear ft.)
- Series 4: Membership Files, 1946-1982, undated (boxes 6-8; 2.5 linear ft.)
- Series 5: Millard Sheets & Associates Designs, 1934-1982, undated (boxes 8-9; 1.0 linear ft.)
- Series 6: Project Files, 1956-1981, undated (boxes 9-18; 8.25 linear ft.)
- Series 7: Teaching and Workshop Files, 1932-1982 (box 18; 0.5 linear ft.)
- Series 8: Painting Trips, 1959-1980, undated (box 18; 16 folders)
- Series 9: Exhibition Files, 1932-1937, 1951-1988, undated (box 19; 0.75 linear ft.)
- Series 10: Jury Files, 1941-1982 (boxes 19-20; 42 folders)
- Series 11: Writings, 1936-1988, undated (boxes 20-22; 2.5 linear ft.)
- Series 12: Printed Matter, 1936-1922, undated (boxes 22-23; 20 folders)
- Series 13: Photographs, 1934-1983, undated (box 23; 17 folders)
- Series 14: Artwork, circa 1929, undated (box 23; 2 folders)
- Series 15: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1930-2000 (boxes 24, 26-30, OV25: 4.6 linear ft.)
Provenance
Millard Sheets lent material for microfilming in 1965. Mary B. Sheets, Millard's widow, donated the papers to the Archives of American Art in 1992. Carolyn Owen-Toole, Sheet's daughter, gave a small addition of material in 2018.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Terms of Use
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Alternative Forms Available
Portions of the collection and material lent for microfilming are available on 35mm microfilm reels LA 10, and 5676-5707 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the collection as described in this finding aid does not reflect the order of the collection on microfilm.
Preferred Citation
Millard Sheets papers, circa 1907-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Patricia K. Craig in 1999 with funding provided by the Ahmanson Foundation in Beverly Hills, California. The finding aid was modified by Stephanie Ashley in 2001 during EAD conversion.
Separated Materials
The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reels LA 10) including a biographical sketch, career resume, and a list of sheets' work prepared in 1964. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.
Art -- Study and teaching
Art -- California
Art and society
Horses -- Breeding
Slides (photographs)
Photographs
Watercolorists -- California
Muralists -- California
Art -- Philosophy
Designers -- California
Millard Sheets & Associates Designs
Sheets, Mary Baskerville
Dalzell Hatfield Galleries
Biographical Material
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1907-1982, undated
(boxes 1-2; 1.25 linear ft)
Scope and Contents note
This series contains a variety of types of documents, including award certificates, appointment calendars, chronologies, resumes, clippings, and medical, governmental, and military records. The appointment calendars will be of particular interest to researchers since they document the complex scheduling that was required to keep Sheets aware of the numerous deadlines, meetings, and teaching commitments that made up his daily routine. Multiple copies of calendars reflect the system used to keep his staff and family aware of his whereabouts and activities on any particular day, especially since Sheets maintained several residences and work locations.
Arrangement note
The files are arranged chronologically.
Existence and Location of Copies
Biographical materials are on reel 5676.
Awards
Archival Resource Key
1973-1981
1
1
Biographical text, undated
Archival Resource Key
1
2
Birth certificate and social security card
Archival Resource Key
1907, 1942
1
3
Calendars
Archival Resource Key
1965-1981
1
4-14
Family chronologies, undated
Archival Resource Key
2
1
Family memorabilia
Archival Resource Key
1929, 1945-1992, undated
2
2
Medical records
Archival Resource Key
1966-1980
2
3-4
Resumes
Archival Resource Key
1961-1976
2
5
World War II memorabilia
Archival Resource Key
1942-1946
2
6
Correspondence
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1929-1990, undated
(boxes 2-4; 2.75 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
The letters in these files primarily reflect the variety of Sheets's business and social interests throughout his design and art career. Among the correspondents may be found architects, design professionals, business and bank executives, professors, art collectors, and racehorse owners and managers. Topics covered include discussion of design projects, travel, horse breeding, art and urban planning. Researchers will find the letters between Millard Sheets and his wife, Mary Baskerville Sheets, during his World War II service in Asia and the Pacific Rim, to be of particular interest. Their correspondence document the details of Sheets's travel and wartime experience as a staff artist and war correspondent for Life.
Arrangement note
The files are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and then chronologically within each folder.
Existence and Location of Copies
Ahmanson, Howard and Caroline to "A" miscellaneous are on reel 5676; "A" miscellaneous to Hertel, Susan are on reel 5677; Hirsch, Clement L. to "M" miscellaneous are on reel 5678; "M" miscellaneous to Sotheby Park Bernet are on reel 5679; and Southwest Museum to "Y-Z" miscellaneous are on reel 5680.
Ahmanson, Howard and Caroline
Archival Resource Key
1956, 1960-1968, 1985, undated
2
7
Alvin, Joe
Archival Resource Key
1962-1978
2
8
American Artist
Archival Resource Key
1968-1971
2
9
Aubin, Philip T.
Archival Resource Key
1964
2
10
"A" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1943-1946, 1963-1984, undated
2
11-12
Blair, Barbara
Archival Resource Key
1966, 1973-1974
2
13
Bowles, John and John R. Bowles
Archival Resource Key
1970-1974
2
14
Brown, Edmund G.
Archival Resource Key
1964
2
15
Bullock's
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
2
16
"B" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1964-1978, undated
2
17-18
Cabalgata Mexicana, Palm Springs, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1969-1977
2
19
Childs, Kenneth D.
Archival Resource Key
1959, 1961-1970, undated
2
20
Colclough, Phyllis
Archival Resource Key
1967-1978
2
21
Courtright, Hernando
Archival Resource Key
1961-1978
2
22
Crain, E. Gene
Archival Resource Key
1969-1978
2
23
Cruickshank, Charlaleo (Mrs. F. G.)
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967
2
24
"C" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1929, 1964-1979, undated
2
25-26
Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1975
2
27
Dieterle, William and Charlotte
Archival Resource Key
1965-1970
2
28
Dorn, Warren M.
Archival Resource Key
1964
2
29
"D" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1964-1978, undated
2
30
d'Estournelles de Constant, Vivien
Archival Resource Key
1974-1977, undated
2
31
"E" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1964-1980, undated
2
32
Family members
Archival Resource Key
1929, 1989, undated
2
33
Fine Arts Rental Gallery, Claremont, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964, undated
2
34
"F" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1963-1978, undated
2
35
General Adjustment Bureau, Pomona, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
2
36
Gonzales, Emilio O.
Archival Resource Key
1976
2
37
Scope and Contents note
(regarding treatment at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.)
Graham, Harold E.
Archival Resource Key
1966
2
38
"G" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1929, 1964-1981, undated
2
39-40
Hebald, Milton
Archival Resource Key
1964
2
41
Hertel, Susan
Archival Resource Key
1982
2
42
Hirsch, Clement L.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
2
43
Hirsh, Mr. & Mrs. Allan M., Jr.
Archival Resource Key
1965-1971
2
44
Holmes, Milton
Archival Resource Key
1964-1969, undated
2
45
"H" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1964-1979, undated
3
1-2
"I" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1965-1976
3
3
"J" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1964-1975
3
4
Kapousouz, Vasileos
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967
3
5
Kristiania Kunst & Metalstøberi
Archival Resource Key
1971-1974
3
6
Kubly, Don (Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Calif.)
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979
3
7
"K" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1943, 1964-1978
3
8
Letters of condolence upon death of Millard Sheets
Archival Resource Key
1989, undated
3
9-15
"L" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1943, 1965-1978, undated
3
16-17
Mangskau, Connie
Archival Resource Key
1968
3
18
Manship, Paul
Archival Resource Key
1963, 1966
3
19
May, Cliff
Archival Resource Key
1964-1968, 1979
3
20
Maegen, Charles E., Jr. (Lubbock National Bank, Lubbock, Tex.)
Archival Resource Key
1964-1968
3
21
"M" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1929, 1960-1982, undated
3
22-23
Newsweek
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
3
24
Notre Dame, University of
Archival Resource Key
1965-1978
3
25
"N" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1964-1979
3
26
O'Brien, William V. (O'Brien's Emporium, Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
3
27
"O" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1965-1979, undated
3
28
Patrick, Andrew McIntosh
Archival Resource Key
1964-1965
3
29
Patterson, Sam
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966
3
30
Pollak, Frederick A.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
3
31
"P" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1956, 1960-1989, undated
3
32
"Q" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1965, 1975
3
33
Rheem Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Ill.
Archival Resource Key
1965
4
1
Rockefeller for President committee
Archival Resource Key
1964
4
2
"R" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1964-1978, undated
4
3
Scott, Virginia Steele (see Series 4, Virginia Steele Scott Foundation, 1974-1978, undated)
Archival Resource Key
1971
4
4
Sheets, Clifford
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966, undated
4
5
Sheets, Mary Baskerville, wife
Archival Resource Key
1929
4
6-11
Sheets, Mary Baskerville, wife
Archival Resource Key
1942-1944, 1950-1972
4
12-17
Sheets, Mary Baskerville, wife, undated
Archival Resource Key
4
18
Sheridan, Ellen ( House & Garden)
Archival Resource Key
1964
4
19
Small, George, regarding Ramos Martinez: His Life and Art
Archival Resource Key
1965-1975
4
20
Sotheby Park Bernet, New York, N.Y.
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
4
21
Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1965
4
22
Stone, J. Ralph (Santa Rosa Saving & Loan Association, Santa Rosa, Calif.)
Archival Resource Key
1963-1967
4
23
Swartburg, Robert B.
Archival Resource Key
1956-1966
4
24
"S" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1962-1979, undated
4
25-26
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Archival Resource Key
1969
4
27
Scope and Contents note
(regarding San Xavier Mission)
Turner, Rufus L.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964, undated
4
28
"T" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1943, 1964-1979, undated
4
29
Unidentified correspondents
Archival Resource Key
1965-1979, undated
4
30
"U" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1964-1975
4
31
Veale, Tinkham
Archival Resource Key
1964-1965
4
32
Villalon, Rene Patino ("Los Pretendientes")
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
4
33
"V" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1961-1973
4
34
"W" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1964-1981, undated
4
35-36
"Y-Z" miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1966-1984, undated
4
37
Personal Business Records
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
1933-1980, undated
(boxes 5-6; 1.25 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
The files in this series reflect the personal business interests and records for Millard Sheets.
Arrangement note
The files have been grouped into three major subseries. - 3.1: Horse Files, 1939-1978, undated
- 3.2: Financial Files, 1933-1980, undated
- 3.3: Legal Material, 1932-1977, undated
Existence and Location of Copies
Personal business records are on reels 5680-5682.
Horse Files
3.1
Archival Resource Key
1939-1978, undated
Scope and Contents note
This subseries documents the lifelong interest and involvement of Sheets with horses. Sheets actively raced and breed race horses for much of his life. Material within this subseries includes calendars for breeding and racing events, correspondence with professional horse organizations and breeders, invoices, charts, racing programs, tax records, and miscellaneous related background information.
Arrangement note
Files within this subseries have been predominantly arranged by document type. Within the Correspondence and Horse sections, folders have been further arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent or horse, respectively. Documents within folders headings have been arranged chronologically.
Existence and Location of Copies
Horse files are on reels 5680-5681.
Calendars
Archival Resource Key
1976-1978
5
1
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
5
American Saddle Breeders Association
Archival Resource Key
1939-1949
5
2
California Horse Racing Board
Archival Resource Key
1956-1963
5
3
Camino Terminado Farm
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
5
4
Circle T Ranch
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
5
5
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1947-1963, undated
5
6
Jockey Club
Archival Resource Key
1958-1966, 1976
5
7
McMicken, Kenneth B.
Archival Resource Key
1947
5
8
Rhoman Stables
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
5
9
Southwestern Walking Horse Breeders' Association
Archival Resource Key
1957
5
10
Thomas Thoroughbred Farms
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
5
11
Upland Feed & Fuel Company
Archival Resource Key
1960-1962
5
12
Fees
Archival Resource Key
5
Boarding and breeding fees
Archival Resource Key
1947-1969, undated
5
13
Jockey and trainer fees
Archival Resource Key
1954-1965
5
14
Shoeing fees
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
5
15
Veterinary fees
Archival Resource Key
1959-1977
5
16-17
Hauling
Archival Resource Key
1958-1961
5
18
Horses
Archival Resource Key
5
"Anngeline Todd,"
Archival Resource Key
1958-1961
5
19
"Bug Bomb,"
Archival Resource Key
1960-1965
5
20
"Hemet Princess,"
Archival Resource Key
1957-1965, undated
5
21
"Moolah Lady,"
Archival Resource Key
1962-1964
5
22
"Neapolitano Presciana IV,"
Archival Resource Key
1960-1963
5
23
"Rebel Defense,"
Archival Resource Key
1957-1965, undated
5
24
"Red Step" and "Steponaway,"
Archival Resource Key
1939, 1953-1960, undated
5
25
"Roxy,"
Archival Resource Key
1966-1968, undated
5
26
"Secret Sunlight,"
Archival Resource Key
1958-1960
5
27
"Skipper Roan,"
Archival Resource Key
1960-1962
5
28
"Sturdy Defense,"
Archival Resource Key
1947-1956
5
29
"Supreme Host,"
Archival Resource Key
1963-1967, undated
5
30
Income and tax information
Archival Resource Key
1956-1966, undated
5
31
Miscellany
Archival Resource Key
1940-1967
5
32
Pedigree charts
Archival Resource Key
1944-1970, undated
5
33
Racing programs
Archival Resource Key
1957-1967
5
34
Scorpion II Syndicate
Archival Resource Key
1958-1963
5
35
Financial Material
3.2
Archival Resource Key
1933-1980, undated
Scope and Contents note
This subseries consists of a variety of materials such as receipts, expense sheets, financial reports, income tax returns, insurance policies, inventories, and miscellaneous correspondence relating to Sheets's personal financial affairs.
Arrangement note
The files are arranged alphabetically by document type. Within folder headings, the material is arranged chronologically.
Existence and Location of Copies
Financial materials are on reel 5681.
Checkbook stubs
Archival Resource Key
1960
5
36
Donations
Archival Resource Key
1958-1980
5
37
Estate planning reports
Archival Resource Key
1966-1972, undated
5
38
Expenditures sheets
Archival Resource Key
1969, 1973-1980
5
39
Financial statements
Archival Resource Key
1961
5
40
Income tax returns
Archival Resource Key
1957-1962
5
41
Insurance Policies
Archival Resource Key
5
Canada Life Assurance Company
Archival Resource Key
1933-1980, undated
5
42
Los Angeles Times Subscriber Insurance
Archival Resource Key
1938-1977, undated
5
43
Miscellaneous policies
Archival Resource Key
1933-1976, undated
5
44
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Archival Resource Key
1959-1977
5
45
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
Archival Resource Key
1972-1977
5
46
Pick and Biederman Insurance
Archival Resource Key
1969-1978
5
47
R. N. Loucks & Son Insurance
Archival Resource Key
1934-1937
5
48
Rose, Thomson, Young & Company, Ltd.
Archival Resource Key
1965
5
49
Sovereign Life Insurance Company of California
Archival Resource Key
1972-1977
5
50
Personal property inventories
Archival Resource Key
1960-1965, undated
6
1
Real Estate
Archival Resource Key
6
Claremont, Calif. residence
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
6
2
Gualala, Calif. residence ("Barking Rocks")
Archival Resource Key
1962-1969, undated
6
3-4
Real Estate, Pasadena, Calif. rental apartment
Archival Resource Key
1969-1977, undated
6
5
Stocks and bonds
Archival Resource Key
1960-1979
6
6-7
Legal material
3.3
Archival Resource Key
1932-1977, undated
Scope and Contents note
This subseries consists of materials such as contracts, deeds, and miscellaneous correspondence, notes, and background information involving legal transactions.
Arrangement note
The files are arranged by document type. Within individual folders the material is arranged chronologically.
Existence and Location of Copies
Legal materials are on reels 5681-5682.
Car contracts
Archival Resource Key
1938-1940, 1963
6
8
Deeds
Archival Resource Key
1932-1936, 1960
6
9
Loan to John A. Sheets
Archival Resource Key
1966
6
10
Membership Files
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1946-1982, undated
(boxes 6-8; 2.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
The files in this series document the wide breadth of Millard Sheets's interest and involvement in art, business, and educational institutions and community groups. He served as a board of trustee for numerous organizations, such as the California Institute of the Arts, the Claremont Colleges, Goodwill Industries of Southern California, the Otis Art Institute, and the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation. He participated as an active member in many clubs and professional associations, such as the Bohemian Club, the Economic Roundtable, National Academy of Design, Rancheros Visitadores, the San Diego Watercolor Society, and the West Coast Watercolor Society.
Arrangement note
The material in this section is arranged alphabetically by name of organization and then ordered chronologically within each folder.
Existence and Location of Copies
All Nations Fair to Claremont Colleges, Buildings and Grounds Committee are on reel 5682; Claremont Colleges, Challenge Campaign Cabinet to Miscellaneous organizations are on reel 5683; Miscellaneous organizations to Padua Institute are on reel 5684; Padua Institute to Virginia Steele Scott Foundation, Financial material are on reel 5685; and Virginia Steele Scott Foundation, Minutes of meetings to West Coast Watercolor Society are on reel 5686.
All Nations Fair, Board of Directors
Archival Resource Key
1964
6
11
Allen Nevins Memorial Fund, Board of Directors
Archival Resource Key
1971-1973, undated
6
12
American Council of Learned Societies, Pacific Spectator, Editorial Board of
Archival Resource Key
1946-1949
6
13
American Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
1953-1982, undated
6
14
Art Center College of Design, Executive Board
Archival Resource Key
1976-1981
6
15
Bohemian Club, San Francisco, Calif. (see also Series 6, Crow's Nest Camp, Bohemian Grove, Calif., 1968-1969)
Archival Resource Key
1964-1978
6
16-20
California Institute of the Arts, Board of Trustees
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
6
21
California Watercolor Society (see Series 4, National Watercolor Society, 1966-1980)
Archival Resource Key
6
22
California World's Fair
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
6
23
Claremont Colleges, Board of Trustees (Scripps College)
Archival Resource Key
6
Buildings and Grounds Committee
Archival Resource Key
1978-1981
6
24
Challenge Campaign Cabinet
Archival Resource Key
1964-1967, undated
6
25-26
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1966-1982, undated
6
27-28
Development Committee
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979
6
29
Financial Reports
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979
6
30
Invitations
Archival Resource Key
1978-1981
6
31
Minutes of meetings
Archival Resource Key
1966-1968, 1978-1979
6
32
Economic Roundtable
Archival Resource Key
1964-1980, undated
7
1-4
Girls' Collegiate School, Board of Trustees
Archival Resource Key
1964-1967, undated
7
5
Goodwill Industries of Southern California, Board of Governors (see also Series 6, Goodwill Industries of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-1975)
Archival Resource Key
1971-1981, undated
7
6-7
Historical Society of Pomona Valley
Archival Resource Key
1967-1981
7
8
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
Archival Resource Key
1973-1975
7
9
International Platform Association
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977
7
10
Miscellaneous organizations
Archival Resource Key
1965-1979
7
11
National Academy of Design
Archival Resource Key
1964-1982, undated
7
12-15
National Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
1966-1980
7
16-17
New Mexico Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
1975-1981, undated
7
18
Otis Art Institute, Board of Governors
Archival Resource Key
1964-1967
7
19
Padua Institute, Board of Trustees
Archival Resource Key
1970-1977, undated
7
20-21
Pasadena Hall of Science, Board of Trustees
Archival Resource Key
1975-1977
7
22
Rancheros Visitadores, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1968-1977, undated.
8
1-2
San Diego Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
1969-1982
8
3-4
Society of Motion Picture Art Directors
Archival Resource Key
1965
8
5
Studio Art Centers International, Board of Advisors
Archival Resource Key
1976-1979
8
6
Virginia Steele Scott Foundation, Vice President, Board of Trustees
Archival Resource Key
8
Art Collection, Acquisitions and development
Archival Resource Key
1971-1978, undated
8
7-8
Art Collection, Catalog
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976, undated
8
9
Art Collection, Inventory lists
Archival Resource Key
1974-1978, undated
8
10
Articles of incorporation
Archival Resource Key
1974
8
11
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1974-1978, undated
8
12-14
Dedication of gallery
Archival Resource Key
1974
8
15
Financial material
Archival Resource Key
1975-1978, undated
8
16
Minutes of meetings
Archival Resource Key
1975-1978
8
17-21
Notes, drawings, and miscellaneous background information
Archival Resource Key
1975-1977, undated
8
22
Sheets, Millard, founding role of
Archival Resource Key
1975
8
23
Special use permit for foundation property
Archival Resource Key
1975, undated
8
24
Watercolor West
Archival Resource Key
1972-1980, undated
8
25
Webb School of California
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966
8
26
West Coast Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
1969-1980, undated
8
27
Millard Sheets & Associates Designs, Inc.
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
1934-1982, undated
(boxes 8-9; 1.0 linear ft)
Scope and Contents note
The series files deal predominantly with administrative aspects of Millard Sheets's major incorporated company, Millard Sheets & Associates Designs. Of particular interest to researchers will be the folder, "Art and antiquities acquisitions for clients, 1960-1966, undated" that document his activities to find, select, and negotiate purchases of artwork and antiques by European and American artists for a select group of clients and acquaintances. The folder entitled, "California State Board of Architectural Examiners, 1968" deals mainly with Sheets's correspondence with state officials who were investigating charges that Sheets was performing architectural services without a license.
Arrangement note
The material in this section is arranged alphabetically by subject, and within each subject heading the documents are ordered chronologically.
Existence and Location of Copies
Millard Sheets & Associates Designs, Inc. files are on reels 5686-5688.
Antoci, Mario J. (accountant)
Archival Resource Key
1964-1964, undated
8
28
Art and antiquities acquisitions for clients
Archival Resource Key
1960-1966, undated
8
29
Calendar (copy for Mary Sheets)
Archival Resource Key
1968-1978, undated
8
30
California State Board of Architectural Examiners
Archival Resource Key
1968
8
31
Chronological copies
Archival Resource Key
1968-1973
9
1-7
Contract with International Pipe & Ceramics Corp. (Interpace)
Archival Resource Key
1969-1972
9
8
Contractors, Berven Carpets Corp., Fresno, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
9
9
Contractors
Archival Resource Key
9
Clausen, W. B.
Archival Resource Key
1977
9
10
Custom Business Interiors, Covina, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1970
9
11
Miscellaneous contractors
Archival Resource Key
1965-1969
9
12
Pinton Freres, Paris, France
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967
9
13
Van Dyver Furniture Manufacturing Co. (Miller Desk; see also Series 13, Van Dyver Witt Furniture Manufacturing Co., undated)
Archival Resource Key
1934-1985, undated
9
14
V'Soske, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1959-1971, undated
9
15
Wayne M. Withrow & Co., Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1963
9
16
The Woodworks (David Sheets)
Archival Resource Key
1974-1977, undated
9
17
Copy of agreement between International Club Hotels, Inc. and Victor Gruen Associates International Projects, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1965
9
18
Employees
Archival Resource Key
1960-1965, undated
9
19
J. P. Evans Store remodelling
Archival Resource Key
1977, undated
9
20
Lists
Archival Resource Key
1978, undated
9
21
Mail log
Archival Resource Key
1974-1978, undated
9
22
Manufacturer's catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1976-1978, undated
9
23
Miscellaneous correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1968-1982, undated
9
24
Miscellany
Archival Resource Key
1965, 1972-1977, undated
9
25
Notes and drawings
Archival Resource Key
1959-1977, undated
9
26
Office Building (655 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, Calif.)
Archival Resource Key
9
Appraisal
Archival Resource Key
1961-1971, undated
9
27
Correspondence regarding sale of building
Archival Resource Key
1966-1977, undated
9
28
Capital improvements and maintenance costs
Archival Resource Key
1967-1971
9
29
Myers, William E.
Archival Resource Key
1971-1978
9
30
Ossipoff, Vladimir
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967
9
31
Resumes and letters of recommendation
Archival Resource Key
1963-1985, undated
9
32
Salary analysis
Archival Resource Key
circa 1976
9
33
Smith, E., State Examiner
Archival Resource Key
1959
9
34
Telephone directing listing
Archival Resource Key
1974, undated
9
35
Project Files
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
1956-1981, undated
(boxes 9-18; 8.25 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
This series comprises the largest group within the Millard Sheets Papers and documents the design activities of Sheets and his design company. The projects vary in complexity from single family residential designs to downtown urban renewal projects. The scope of his designs include architectural concept drawings, interior floor plans and elevations, murals, and mosaics. Sheets used his design firm to promote and illustrate his philosophy that art should be incorporated into every aspect of daily living.
The files in this series document his efforts to create public and private spaces that reflect the history and natural features and resources of the region in their interior and exterior design. Of special interest to researchers will be the folders for the Home Savings and Loan Association, the Capitol Mall Project of Sacramento, International Pipe & Ceramics Corporation (Interpace), National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in the District of Columbia, the University of Notre Dame mural, and the Pomona City mall and redevelopment project. These files reflect some of the highlights of Sheets's career as a designer. His designs for the bank branches of the Home Savings and Loan Association, in particular, rendered the institution's buildings instantly recognizable to the general population, and became a type of California architectural icon.
Arrangement note
Files are arranged alphabetically by the name of the project. Within larger project headings, the material is then further grouped by document type. Folders are ordered chronologically.
Existence and Location of Copies
Ahmanson, Howard F. to California Scottish Rite Memorial Temple, Correspondence are on reel 5688; California Scottish Rite Memorial Temple, Correspondence to Capitol Mall Project, Hearings and reviews of developer proposals are on reel 5689; Capitol Mall Project, Hearings and reviews of developer proposals to Capitol Mall Project, Proposals are on reel 5690; Capitol Mall Project, Reports to Hollywood Turf Club are on reel 5691; Hollywood Turf Club to Home Savings and Loan Association, Hollywood, Names for lettering are on reel 5692; Home Savings and Loan Association, Notes, drawings, photographs, and promotional materials to Home Savings and Loan Association, Santa Ana are on reel 5693; Home Savings and Loan Association, Santa Ana to Home Savings and Loan Association, Simi Valley are on reel 5694; Home Savings and Loan Association, Simi Valley to Home Savings and Loan Association, Shields and signs are on reel 5695; Home Savings and Loan Association, Status reports to International Pipe & Ceramics Corporation, Notes and drawings are on reel 5696; International Pipe & Ceramics Corporation, Notes and drawings to Philibosian, Mrs. Sirpuhe, Correspondence are on reel 5697; Philibosian, Mrs. Sirpuhe, Correspondence to Pamona First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Miscellaneous background material are on reel 5698; Porter Ranch entry to Southern California Savings and Loan Association, Requests to bid are on reel 5699; and Southern California Savings and Loan Association, Requests to bid to Webb School of California, Notes and drawings are on reel 5670.
Ahmanson, Howard F.
Archival Resource Key
9
Guest house
Archival Resource Key
1965
9
36
Mosaic tables
Archival Resource Key
1965
9
37
Ahmanson Memorial
Archival Resource Key
1968
9
38
Bank of America murals (Paul Williams, architect), Long Beach and Van Nuys, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1965, undated
9
39
Bert Stewart Memorial Fund
Archival Resource Key
1965
9
40
Beverly Wilshire Hotel mural, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1971-1974, undated
9
41
Buffums' Department Store, Pomona branch, Pomona, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1961-1963, undated
9
42
Bureau of Reclamation, US Department of the Interior, art program
Archival Resource Key
1969
9
43
California Masonic Memorial Temple, San Francisco, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1969-1971, undated
10
1-2
California Scottish Rite Memorial Temple, San Francisco, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
10
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1960-1973
10
3-4
Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1964-1965
10
5
Notes and miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1962-1964, 1972, undated
10
6
Cannell & Chaffin, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
10
7
Capitol Mall Project, Redevelopment Agency of the City of Sacramento, Sacramento, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
10
Contracts
Archival Resource Key
1963-1966
10
8-9
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1962-1966, undated
10
10-15
Fee negotiations
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964, undated
10
16
Hearings and reviews of developer proposals
Archival Resource Key
1963-1966
10
17-18
Informational material for developers
Archival Resource Key
1962-1964, undated
10
19-20
Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1962-1967, undated
10
21
Minutes of meetings
Archival Resource Key
1959-1960
10
22
Minutes of meetings
Archival Resource Key
1961-1966
11
1-4
Notes
Archival Resource Key
1962-1966, undated
11
5
Proposals
Archival Resource Key
1963-1966, undated
11
6
Reports
Archival Resource Key
1957-1965
11
7
Schedules and miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1962-1966, undated
11
8
Stone-Sheets v. Tishman
Archival Resource Key
1966-1968, undated
11
9-10
Transmittals
Archival Resource Key
1963-1966, undated
11
11
Carnation Company, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1965, undated
11
12
Carson City Mall, Carson City, Nevada
Archival Resource Key
1965-1968, undated
11
13
Central California Federal Savings & Loan Association, Auburn, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1969
11
14
Chapman, Mr. & Mrs. Charles R., residence
Archival Resource Key
1969-1971, undated
11
15
Children's Home Society of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1965
11
16
Church of the Brethren, La Verne, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1962-1964, undated
11
17
Community Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura, Ventura, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1971-1975, undated
11
18
County Seal, County of Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1967
11
19
Crow's Nest Camp, Bohemian Grove, Calif. (see also Series 4, Bohemian Club, San Francisco, Calif., 1964-1978)
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
11
20
Cruishank, Mrs. F. G., residence
Archival Resource Key
1963-1972, undated
11
21
Damman, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph, residence
Archival Resource Key
1968-1971, undated
11
22
Dixie College Fine Arts Center, St. George, Utah
Archival Resource Key
1970
11
23
Dorn, Mr. & Mrs. Warren M., residence
Archival Resource Key
1974
11
24
Dunbar, Mr. & Mrs. John R., residence
Archival Resource Key
1967-1969, undated
11
25
Expo `74 Commemorative Medallions, Funding Associates, N. Hollywood, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1973-1974
11
26
"Family of Man" mural, Los Angeles City Hall Annex, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
11
Contracts and proposal
Archival Resource Key
1968-1971
11
27
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1970-1973
11
28
Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1970-1972
11
29
Notes and architectural drawings
Archival Resource Key
1969-1972, undated
11
30
First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1970-1972, 1977, undated
11
31
Fulton National Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga.
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967, undated
11
32
Garrison Theater, Claremont Graduate School and University Center, Claremont, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1976, undated
11
33
Goodwill Industries of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. (see also Series 4, Goodwill Industries of Southern California, Board of Governers, 1971-1981, undated)
Archival Resource Key
1973-1975
11
34
Griswold's Old School House, Claremont, Calif. (see also Series 6, Hallet Development Corp., Claremont Project, Claremont, Calif., 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1972
11
35
Hallet Development Corp., Claremont project, Claremont, Calif. (see also Series 6, Griswold's Old School House, Claremont, Calif., 1972)
Archival Resource Key
1966
11
36
Hearthstone Insurance Company of Massachusetts, Brookline, Mass.
Archival Resource Key
1969-1971, undated
11
37
Hilton Rainbow Tower, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969, 1975
11
38
Hollywood Turf Club, Inglewood, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1966-1968, undated
11
39
Home Savings and Loan Association, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
12
Branch Offices
Archival Resource Key
12
Ahmanson Center
Archival Resource Key
1971-1976, undated
12
1
Alhambra
Archival Resource Key
1977-1978
12
2
Anaheim
Archival Resource Key
1969-1971, undated
12
3
Arcadia
Archival Resource Key
1975
12
4
Balboa Park (Pacific Beach)
Archival Resource Key
1977
12
5
Barstow
Archival Resource Key
1975-1977, undated
12
6
Berkeley (Bloom remodel)
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977, undated
12
7-8
Beverly Hills
Archival Resource Key
1966-1977, undated
12
9
Buena Park
Archival Resource Key
1976-1979, undated
12
10
Burbank
Archival Resource Key
1977
12
11
Century City
Archival Resource Key
1977
12
12
Compton
Archival Resource Key
1979
12
13
Cupertino
Archival Resource Key
1972-1976
12
14
Encino
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977, undated
12
15
Fremont
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977, undated
12
16-17
Fresno
Archival Resource Key
1976
12
18
Garden Grove
Archival Resource Key
1973-1976, undated
12
19
Grossmont
Archival Resource Key
1975-1977, undated
12
20
Highland Park
Archival Resource Key
1973-1974, undated
12
21
Hollywood, Contracts
Archival Resource Key
1967-1977
12
22
Holywood, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1966-1968, undated
12
23
Hollywood, Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1967-1970
12
24
Hollywood, Names for lettering
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968, undated
12
25
Hollywood, Notes, drawings, photographs, and promotional materials
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968, undated
12
26
Home office
Archival Resource Key
1967
12
27
Huntington Harbor
Archival Resource Key
1979, undated
12
28-29
Huntington Park
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976, undated
12
30
La Mirada
Archival Resource Key
1976-1979, undated
12
31
Lakewood
Archival Resource Key
1975-1979, undated
12
32
Long Beach, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1977-1980, undated
12
33
Long Beach, Miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1963, 1977-1980, undated
12
34
Long Beach, Notes and drawings, undated
Archival Resource Key
12
35
Los Angeles (temporary downtown structure)
Archival Resource Key
1974
12
36
Menlo Park
Archival Resource Key
1975-1977
13
1
Montebello (see also Series 6, Branch Offices, Rolling Hills, 1972-1974, undated)
Archival Resource Key
1972-1974, undated
13
2-3
Mountain View, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1974-1977
13
4
Mountain View, Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1974-1978
13
5
Mountain View, Miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1973-1976, undated
13
6
Mountain View, Notes and drawings
Archival Resource Key
1974-1978, undated
13
7
Mountain View, Notes and drawings
Newport Beach (Irvine)
Archival Resource Key
1974-1979, undated
13
8
Novato
Archival Resource Key
1970-1972, undated
13
9
Oakland (18th Street), undated
Archival Resource Key
13
10
Redlands
Archival Resource Key
1976-1980, undated
13
11
Redwood City
Archival Resource Key
1973, undated
13
12
Rialto
Archival Resource Key
1969-1972
13
13
Riverside
Archival Resource Key
1973
13
14
Rolling Hills, Correspondence (see also Series 6, Branch Offices, Montebello, 1972-1974)
Archival Resource Key
1972-1974, undated
13
15
Rolling Hills, Job costs and billing statements (see also Series 6, Branch Offices, Montebello, 1972-1974)
Archival Resource Key
1972-1974
13
16
Rolling Hills, Notes and drawings (see also Series 6, Branch Offices, Montebello, 1972-1974)
Archival Resource Key
1973, undated
13
17
Santa Ana
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967, undated
13
18
Sacramento, Point West building, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1972-1979
13
19
Sacramento, Point West building, Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1976-1980
13
20
Sacramento, Point West building, Notes, drawings, and miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1972-1976, undated
13
21
Sacramento, 10th and L Streets building
Archival Resource Key
1977, undated
13
22
San Bernardino
Archival Resource Key
1971-1974, undated
13
23-24
San Diego
Archival Resource Key
1971-1977, undated
13
25
San Francisco, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977
13
26-27
San Francisco, Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977
13
28
San Francisco, Notes, drawings and miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1962, 1971-1976, undated
13
29
San Gabriel
Archival Resource Key
1973-1976
14
1
San Jose
Archival Resource Key
1971-1972, undated
14
2
San Jose
Santa Cruz, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1973-1979
14
3
Santa Cruz, Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1973-1978, undated
14
4
Santa Cruz, Notes, drawings, and miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977, undated
14
5
Santa Cruz, Notes, drawings, and miscellaneous background material
Branch Offices, Santa Maria
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976
14
6
Santa Monica
Archival Resource Key
1968-1971, undated
14
7
Simi Valley
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
14
8
Studio City
Archival Resource Key
1966-1969, 1977, undated
14
9
Tiburon, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1972-1980, undated
14
10
Tiburon, Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1972-1980
14
11
Tiburon, Notes, drawings, and miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1966, 1970-1973, undated
14
12-13
Torrance
Archival Resource Key
1976-1980, undated
14
14
Tujunga
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979, undated
14
15
Vacaville
Archival Resource Key
1976, undated
14
16
Valencia
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
14
17
Vallejo
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
14
18
Walnut Creek
Archival Resource Key
1973-1976, undated
14
19
West Portal
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977, undated
14
20
Westminster
Archival Resource Key
1976-1980, undated
14
21
Westlake Village
Archival Resource Key
1966, 1976-1980, undated
14
22-23
Whittier
Archival Resource Key
1974-1975
14
24
Building Committee minutes of meetings and reports
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
14
25-27
Flow charts
Archival Resource Key
1977
14
28
Imperial Bank horse sculpture
Archival Resource Key
1975
14
29
Miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1961-1977, undated
14
30
Shields and signs
Archival Resource Key
1972, undated
14
31
Status reports
Archival Resource Key
1976
14
32
Temporary modular structure
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976, undated
14
33
Hunter, Joseph, residence, Anchor Bay, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964
14
34
Hunter, R.O., Jurupa Estates residence
Archival Resource Key
1969
14
35
International Pipe & Ceramics Corporation (Interpace), Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
14
Agendas and minutes of meetings
Archival Resource Key
1964-1971
14
36
Annual reports
Archival Resource Key
1962-1970
14
37
Coco Palms Mural, Kauai, Hawaii
Archival Resource Key
1968-1971, undated
14
38
Contract and position description
Archival Resource Key
1968, undated
14
39
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
15
Adleta Show Case & Fixture Manufacturing Company
Archival Resource Key
1965
15
1
Betts, John F.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1972
15
2
Bowler, C.N., Jr.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1967
15
3
Choo, Yoon
Archival Resource Key
1971
15
4
Filsinger, E. Phil
Archival Resource Key
1958-1971
15
5
Folks, Eugene, F.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1967
15
6
Goodrich, Hobert R.
Archival Resource Key
1961-1967
15
7
Hirsh, Allan M., Jr., (see also Series 2, Hirsh, Mr. & Mrs. Allan M., Jr., 1965-1971)
Archival Resource Key
1963-1967
15
8
House, Elliot M.
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967, undated
15
9
Kennison, Hugh F.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1973, undated
15
10
Lawton, Richard C.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1965
15
11
Loder, Marc
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967
15
12
Maloof, Sam
Archival Resource Key
1966
15
13
McComas, Owen L.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1966
15
14
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1961-1973
15
15-16
Moffitt, David S.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1966
15
17
Pulling, Richard K.
Archival Resource Key
1971
15
18
Seton, Louis H.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1966
15
19
Stanton, Sheridan G.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1971
15
20
Swanson, Harold V.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966
15
21
Wagner, Jack L.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966
15
22
Whitmore, C. F.
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
15
23
Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1966-1974, undated
15
24
Miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1965-1969, undated
15
25
Notes and drawings
Archival Resource Key
1959, 1962-1973, undated
15
26
Photographs (see Series 12)
Archival Resource Key
1963-1965, undated
15
27
Johnson, Robert, residence, Escondido, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1966-1969
15
28
Keenan, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B., residence and stables, Claremont, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
15
29
Kosa, Emil J., residence
Archival Resource Key
1968
15
30
Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1968-1971
15
31
Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, Calif.
Los Feliz Inn, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1975
15
32
Loyola University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1966, undated
15
33
Lubbock Methodist Hospital, Charles E. Maedgen, Jr. Memorial Surgical Waiting Room, Lubbock, Tex.
Archival Resource Key
1973-1974
15
34
Lubbock National Bank, Lubbock, Tex.
Archival Resource Key
15
Main Branch
Archival Resource Key
15
Contract and proposal
Archival Resource Key
1970-1974
15
35
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965-1978
15
36-37
Custom Business Interiors (Cal Margulies)
Archival Resource Key
1966-1972
15
38
Drawings, photographs, and promotional material
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967, undated
15
39
Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1966-1974
15
40
Notes
Archival Resource Key
1965-1972, undated
15
41
Third floor additions
Archival Resource Key
1971-1972, undated
15
42
Southwest Lubbock National Bank, Lubbock, Tex.
Archival Resource Key
1977-1978, undated
15
43
Malone Ranch, Riverside County, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1961-1966, undated
15
44
Masi, Mr. & Mrs. Sebastian, residence, Cucamonga, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966, undated
15
45
Medallion Restaurant, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1973, undated
15
46
Mercantile National Bank, Dallas, Tex.
Archival Resource Key
1958, 1964-1965
15
47
Merit Development Company, San Francisco, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964
15
48
Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1966-1968
15
49
National Paint and Coatings Association
Archival Resource Key
1975
15
50
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.
Archival Resource Key
1962-1971, undated
16
Contract and job specifications
Archival Resource Key
1964
16
1
Correspondence, General
Archival Resource Key
1964-1970
16
2
Correspondence, Maginnis and Walsh and Kennedy, Boston, Mass.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1974, undated
16
3
Correspondence, Ravenna Mosaic Company, St. Louis, Mo.
Archival Resource Key
1965-1971
16
4
Drawings, notes, and research material
Archival Resource Key
1962-1968, undated
16
5
Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1964-1969
16
6
"Native Diver" memorial, Hollywood Park, Inglewood, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1968-1970, undated
16
7
Notre Dame mural ("Word of Life"), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.
Archival Resource Key
1962-1968, 1987-1988, undated
16
8
Padelford, Mrs. Louise, residence, Claremont, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967, undated
16
9
Perino's Restaurant, Los Angeles, Calif. (see also Series 6, Pierce National Life Insurance Company, 1966-1969, undated)
Archival Resource Key
1967
16
10
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1966
16
11
Person, Roy, residence
Archival Resource Key
1974, undated
16
12
Philibosian, Mrs. Sirpuhe, residence
Archival Resource Key
16
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965-1969
16
13
Job Costs, "Desert" house
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966, undated
16
14
Job Costs, "Persian" house
Archival Resource Key
1965
16
15
Notes, drawings, and miscellaneous material
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967, undated
16
16
Pierce National Life Insurance Company, Los Angeles, Calif. (see also Series 6, Perino's Restaurant, Los Angeles, Calif., 1967)
Archival Resource Key
16
Bids
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968, undated
16
17
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1966-1969
16
18
Job costs
Archival Resource Key
1966-1969, undated
16
19
Notes, drawings, and miscellaneous material
Archival Resource Key
1966-1968, undated
16
20
Pomona, City of, Mall and redevelopment project
Archival Resource Key
16
Contracts and proposals
Archival Resource Key
1959-1965
16
21
Correspondence, Alvin, Joe
Archival Resource Key
1960-1963, undated
16
22
Correspondence, General
Archival Resource Key
1956-1971
16
23-24
Correspondence, Sharp, Frederick W.
Archival Resource Key
1959-1971
16
25
Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1959-1965
16
26
Miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1958-1976, undated
16
27-29
Notes and drawings
Archival Resource Key
1960-1966, undated
16
30
Parking lot and landscaping
Archival Resource Key
1960-1962
16
31
Pomona First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Pomona, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
16
Claremont Architectural Commission, minutes of meetings
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
16
32
Contracts and proposals
Archival Resource Key
1968-1979
16
33
Correspondence, Berry Construction Company, Ontario, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
16
34
Correspondence, General
Archival Resource Key
1965-1979
16
35
Correspondence, Lee, Joseph P.
Archival Resource Key
1967-1969
16
36
Drawings and sketches, undated
Archival Resource Key
16
37
Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1965-1969, 1976
16
38
Miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969, undated
16
39
Porter Ranch entry, Macco Realty Company, Newport Beach, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966
16
40
Rainier, F.E. ("Buzz") and Barbara, residence, Carmel, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1969-1971
16
41
Richard Hardin & Associates, proposal, Austin, Tex.
Archival Resource Key
1971
16
42
Roberts, Dr. & Mrs. Ernest R., residence
Archival Resource Key
1967
16
43
Ruddick, Mrs. Harold M.., residence
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
16
44
St. Joseph's Church, Upland, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1979-1980, undated
17
1
St. Paul Civic Center, I. A. O'Shaughnessey Plaza fountain, St. Paul, Minn.
Archival Resource Key
1973
17
2
San Antonio Plaza fountain, San Antonio, Texas
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967
17
3
San Jacinto Savings Association, Houston, Texas
Archival Resource Key
17
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1964-1967
17
4-5
Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966
17
6
Notes and miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1964-1965, undated
17
7
Photographs (see Series 12, same heading)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1966
17
8
San Jose Mercury News (San Jose Air Terminal mural)
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
17
9
Santa Rosa Savings & Loan Association, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
17
Contracts
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
17
10
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1967-1972
17
11-12
Field inspection reports
Archival Resource Key
1968
17
13
Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1967-1969
17
14
Notes, drawings, and miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1957, 1967-1969, undated
17
15
Proposals
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
17
16
Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1970
17
17
Scripps College, Claremont, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
17
Architectural contract for Humanities Building
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968, undated
17
18
President's Suite
Archival Resource Key
1967, 1971, undated
17
19
Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, San Francisco, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1969-1971, undated
17
20
Southern California Edison Company, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1971-1973, undated
17
21
Southern California Savings and Loan Association, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
17
Bruner Pacific (marble)
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
17
22
Buckeye Realty and Management Corp.
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969, undated
17
23
Carpets, furniture, and lighting
Archival Resource Key
1969-1970, undated
17
24
Columbia Showcase and Cabinet Company
Archival Resource Key
1969
17
25
Pinton Freres (tapestries)
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
17
26
Requests to bid
Archival Resource Key
1969
17
27
Resolution
Archival Resource Key
1970
17
28
Wilshire & Doheny branch office
Archival Resource Key
1968-1970, undated
17
29
Stone, Ralph, addition to residence, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971, undated
17
30
Sunset Magazine
Archival Resource Key
17
Christmas card painting (see also Series 11, Sunset Magazine, Christmas card text, 1973)
Archival Resource Key
1973
17
31
Dining room mural, Menlo Park, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1973
17
32
Travis Savings and Loan Association, San Antonio, Tex.
Archival Resource Key
17
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965-1975, undated
17
33-34
Design sketches, architectural drawings, and photographs
Archival Resource Key
1966-1968, undated
17
35
Job costs
Archival Resource Key
1966-1969, undated
17
36
Notes and research material
Archival Resource Key
1966-1970, undated
17
37
Travis sculpture
Archival Resource Key
1965
17
38
Truman's Restaurant and Drive In, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1971, undated
17
39-40
United Air Lines calendars
Archival Resource Key
1963-1967
17
41
Upland Woods housing complex, Upland, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1977, undated
17
42
Warner Brown Hospital, El Dorado, Ark.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975
17
43
Washington Cathedral/Mount Saint Alban, Washington, D.C.
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967
17
44
Webb School of California, Claremont, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
17
Change orders and credit memos
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967, undated
17
45
Contracts and proposals
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
17
46
Correspondence, Bayne, Peter F.
Archival Resource Key
1965-1968
18
1
Correspondence, General
Archival Resource Key
1965-1978
18
2
Correspondence, Hooper, Frederick R.
Archival Resource Key
1965-1973
18
3
Job costs and billing statements
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967, undated
18
4
Liens and work releases
Archival Resource Key
1966
18
5
Miscellaneous background material
Archival Resource Key
1965-1975, undated
18
6
Notes and drawings
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966, undated
18
7
Teaching and Workshop Files
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
1932-1982, undated
(box 18; 0.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
The material in this series primarily reflects Sheets's teaching activities in an academic setting and his role as an instructor through specialized art workshops. Although Sheets was a professor for many years at Scripps College, few of his academic records from that institution can be found in this collection.
Arrangement note
The series is organized into two subseries: - 7.1: Teaching Positions and Seminars, 1932-1982, undated
- 7.2: Workshops, 1952, 1964-1982, undated
Arrangement note
The files are arranged alphabetically by name of institution or subject and then ordered chronologically. In 7.1 the material is further grouped by type of document under the heading for Scripps College. In 7.2 the material is further grouped by date of workshop where there are multiple listings for the institution or program heading.
Existence and Location of Copies
Teaching and workshop files are on reels 5700-5701.
Teaching Positions and Seminars
7.1
Archival Resource Key
1932-1982, undated
Scope and Contents note
The files in 7.1 predominantly reflect short term teaching/lectures given at various Western universities or colleges.
Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1974-1979, undated
18
8
Miscellaneous teaching positions
Archival Resource Key
1948-1952
18
9
Southern Oregon College, Ashland, Ore.
Archival Resource Key
1974-1979, undated
18
10
Scripps College, Claremont, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
18
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1932-1933, 1964-1982
18
11
Lectures and notes
Archival Resource Key
1946-1950, undated
18
12
Miscellaneous related material
Archival Resource Key
1941, 1963-1986, undated
18
13
Scripps College Bulletin
Archival Resource Key
1938, 1966, 1977-1987
18
14
Vision and Art, KVCR TV series, "A Mural for Spring,"
Archival Resource Key
May 21-23, 1968
18
15
Workshops
7.2
Archival Resource Key
1952, 1964-1982, undated
Scope and Contents note
The files in 7.2 document Sheets's extensive teaching experience as a painting instructor, as evidenced through the numerous workshops he led in the Western United States and Mexico, as well as throughout the world. Researchers will find it useful to also peruse Series 8: Painting trips, 1959-1980, undated for related personal painting trips that often followed Sheets's workshops.
For additional information about the New Mexico Watercolor Society in Albuquerque, New Mexico, see also Series 10 (Jury files), Oct. 10-11, 1975 "Watercolor Southwest," Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Museum of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Alaska Artists' Guild, University of Alaska Drawing/Painting Lab, Anchorage, Alaska
Archival Resource Key
Aug. 16-22, 1982
18
16
Beverly Hills Art League, Roxbury Recreational Center, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
Mar. 11, 1971 and Sept. 4, 1973
18
17
City of Fremont, Department of Recreation & Leisure Services, Fremont, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 24-26, 1980
18
18
Fresno Arts Center, Fresno, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
Apr. 4-6, 1975
18
19
Hewitt Painting Workshops
Archival Resource Key
18
Taxco, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
Aug. 16-28, 1964
18
20
Greek Islands and Istanbul, Turkey
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 7-26, 1965
18
21
San Miguel Allende, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
July 31-Aug. 12, 1966
18
22
HAtami, Kyoto, and the Inland Sea, Japan
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 8-29, 1967
18
23
Taxco, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
Aug. 4-16, 1968
18
24
Connemara and Dublin, Ireland
Archival Resource Key
July 9-25, 1969
18
25
Guadalajara, Morelia, and Pátzcuaro, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
Aug. 2-15, 1970
18
26
Greece and Yugoslavia
Archival Resource Key
Sept. 21-Oct. 11, 1971
18
27
Tahiti and New Zealand (see also Series 8, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Fiji, Feb. 24-Apr. 1973)
Archival Resource Key
Feb. 24-Mar. 17, 1973
18
28
Gualala and San Francisco, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 11, 1974
18
29
Yucatan, Mexico and Guatemala
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 3-17, 1974,
18
30
China (canceled)
Archival Resource Key
Aug. 29-Sept. 18, 1975
18
31
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 8-20, 1975
18
32
Moorea and Papeete, Tahiti
Archival Resource Key
May 7-23, 1976
18
33
Gualala, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 6-15, 1977
18
34
Hawaii
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 1977
18
35
Portugal and Provence, France
Archival Resource Key
Apr. 18-May 2, 1978
18
36
Ajijic, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
Mar. 11-31, 1979
18
37
China
Archival Resource Key
June 17-July 9, 1980
18
38
Invitations, declined
Archival Resource Key
1952, 1966-1981
18
39
Jade Fon Workshops, Asilomar, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
July 7-16, 1976
18
40
Jade Fon Workshops, Asilomar, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
June 28-July 8, 1977
18
41
Letters of appreciation from workshop participants
Archival Resource Key
1971-1978, undated
18
42
Mid-Southern Watercolorists, Little Rock, Ark.
Archival Resource Key
May 21-26, 1979
18
43
New Mexico Watercolor Society, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Archival Resource Key
18
New Mexico Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
June 14-18, 1971
18
44
New Mexico Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 2-7, 1972
18
45
New Mexico Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
Feb. 11-16, 1975
18
46
New Mexico Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 22-28, 1978
18
47
New Mexico Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 19-23, 1981
18
48
Oklahoma Watercolor Society, Midwest City, Okla.
Archival Resource Key
18
Canceled
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 21-27, 1973
18
49
Oklahoma Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
Mar. 4-9, 1975
18
50
Painting Holidays, New York, N.Y. and Tulsa, Okla.
Archival Resource Key
Sept. 24-Oct. 7, 1970
18
51
Pleasanton Art League, Pleasanton, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
Apr. 23-25, 1976
18
52
Potomac Valley Watercolorists, Alexandria, Va.
Archival Resource Key
Sept. 27-29, 1978
18
53
San Antonio Watercolor Group, San Antonio, Tex.
Archival Resource Key
18
San Antonio Watercolor Group
Archival Resource Key
Apr. 17-21, 1975
18
54
San Antonio Watercolor Group
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 30-Dec. 5, 1980
18
55
San Diego Watercolor Society, San Diego, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
18
San Diego Watercolor Society, Demonstration
Archival Resource Key
June 9, 1973
18
56
San Diego Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
Dec. 6-9, 1978
18
57
San Diego Watercolor Society, Demonstration
Archival Resource Key
Aug. 23, 1979
18
58
Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society, Santa Clara, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
18
Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 14-16, 1973
18
59
Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
Apr. 2-4, 1976
18
60
Southwestern Watercolor Society
Archival Resource Key
18
Tucson, Ariz.
Archival Resource Key
Feb. 24-28, 1969
18
61
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Archival Resource Key
May 5-10, 1972
18
62
Houston, Tex.
Archival Resource Key
Sept. 26-30, 1972
18
63
Houston, Tex.
Archival Resource Key
Mar. 11-16, 1975
18
64
Tulare County Art League, Visalia, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 3-5, 1975
18
65
Utah Watercolor Society, Salt Lake City, Utah
Archival Resource Key
Mar. 1977
18
66
Women Painters of the West, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 11, 1976
18
67
Painting Trips
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
1959-1980, undated
(box 18; 16 folders)
Scope and Contents note
The files document the predominantly personal trips made by Sheets which were devoted to furthering his painting career. Of particular interest to researchers and scholars will be the folders that deal with his trips under the aegis of the Department of State as an American Specialist. Sheets served as an artist/representative in the USIS department's international cultural exchange program. His trip to the USSR at time when US-USSR relations were beginning to enter into a less tense period gave him a unique opportunity to explore similarities and differences between the arts communities in both nations. His experiences in Russia can be further explored in 11.3: Lectures and speeches, 1937-1980, undated
Arrangement note
This series is arranged alphabetically by subject and then ordered chronologically.
Existence and Location of Copies
Painting trips are on reels 5701-5702.
African Art in Context tour
Archival Resource Key
Feb. 1-24, 1979
18
68
American Specialist grantee, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, USIS, Department of State
Archival Resource Key
18
Turkey
Archival Resource Key
Jan.-March 1960
18
69
U.S.S.R.
Archival Resource Key
Nov.-Dec. 1961
18
70-71
California Savings and Loan League European tour
Archival Resource Key
May 10-June 7, 1964
18
72
China tour (canceled)
Archival Resource Key
Mar.-Apr. 1972
18
73
Hawaii
Archival Resource Key
Sept. 8-18, 1979
18
74
Japan, India, and Southeast Asia
Archival Resource Key
Sept.-Dec. 1967
18
75
Morelia, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
Dec. 1973-Jan. 1974
18
76
New York, Pennsylvania, and California
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 5-12, 1979
18
77
Patzcuaro, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 9-19, 1980
18
78
Tahiti and Moorea
Archival Resource Key
18
Tahiti and Moorea
Archival Resource Key
Apr. 25-May 5, 1977
18
79
Tahiti and Moorea
Archival Resource Key
June 10-July 1, 1978
18
80
Tahiti and Moorea
Archival Resource Key
June 2-30, 1979
18
81
Tahiti and Moorea
Archival Resource Key
Aug. 15-Sept. 5, 1980
18
82
Tahiti, New Zealand, and Fiji (see also 7.2, Hewitt Painting Workshops, Tahiti and New Zealand, Feb. 24-Mar. 17, 1973)
Archival Resource Key
Feb. 24-Apr.3, 1973
18
83
Exhibition Files
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
1932-1937, 1951-1988, undated
(box 19; 0.75 linear ft.)
Arrangement note
The files in this series are organized into four major subseries. - 9.1: Exhibitions Featuring Artwork by Sheets, 1951-1988
- 9.2: Exhibitions Organized by Sheets or Featuring Items From His Personal Art Collection, 1964-1969
- 9.3: Galleries, circa 1937, 1960-1981, undated
- 9.4: Miscellaneous Related Material, 1952-1981, undated
Existence and Location of Copies
Exhibition files are on reels 5702-5703.
Exhibitions Featuring Artwork by Sheets
9.1
Archival Resource Key
1951-1988, undated
Scope and Contents note
This subseries details the many group and solo art exhibitions in which Sheets participated throughout his career as a painter. The material includes correspondence, notes, brochures, and related background material. Date spans within each exhibition file may precede and postdate the actual dates of the event. This series will be of particular interest to researchers and scholars as there is no other location in the collection where one can find as complete a listing of the many exhibitions that featured work by Sheets.
Arrangement note
Material is arranged chronologically by year, and then subsequently by the month and date of the exhibition.
Desert Gallery of Kathal Wales, Tucson, Ariz. (Jan. 14-27, 1951)
Archival Resource Key
1951, 1973
19
1
"The Air Force in Aerospace Exhibition," Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colo. (Mar. 10-Apr. 27, 1962)
Archival Resource Key
1961-1968
19
2
San Marino Public Library, San Marino, Calif. (Sept. 24-Oct. 26, 1962)
Archival Resource Key
1962, undated
19
3
National Charity League benefit, Upland, Calif. (Oct. 5, 1962)
Archival Resource Key
1962, undated
19
4
"Festival of Fine Arts," Hillcrest Congregational Church, Whittier, Calif. (Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 1964)
Archival Resource Key
1964, undated
19
5
"Millard Sheets: Recent Watercolours," Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, England, (June 9-27, 1964)
Archival Resource Key
1962-1964, undated
19
6
"Art in Action," Soroptimist Club of Heraldsburg, Heraldsburg, Calif. (Oct. 3-4, 1964)
Archival Resource Key
1964
19
7
"Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture," Bohemian Club, San Francisco, Calif. (May 1-22, 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1965
19
8
Pomona Valley Art Association Gallery, Pomona, Calif. (June, 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1965
19
9
"All California Festival of the Arts," Laguna Beach Art Association, Laguna Beach, Calif., (Aug., 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1965
19
10
"Paintings in Retrospect," Pomona Public Library, Pomona, Calif. (Oct.-Nov., 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1965
19
11
Riverside Mission Inn, Riverside, Calif. (Nov.-Dec., 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1965
19
12
"Contemporary Religious Art Show," Pomona Public Library, Pomona, Calif. (Nov. 1965-Jan. 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
19
13
"International Exhibit of Twentieth Century Watercolors," Southern California Savings and Loan Association, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Jan. 3-28, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966, undated
19
14
"Festival of Fine Arts," Hillcrest Congregational Church, Whittier, Calif. (Feb. 25-28, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1966
19
15
Choate School, Wallingford, Conn. (May, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1966
19
16
"Fifth Annual Art Show," Women of St. Alban's Church, Los Angeles, Calif. (May 13-19, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1966
19
17
Whittier Art Association Galleries, Whittier, Calif. (Sept. 27-Oct. 27)
Archival Resource Key
1966
19
18
The Gallery, Palm Springs, Calif. (Sept., 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1966
19
19
Beverly Hills Womens' Club, Beverly Hills, Calif. (Oct. 3-25, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1966
19
20
Bohemian Club, San Francisco, Calif. (Oct. 17-Nov. 15, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1966, undated
19
21
West Coast Watercolor Society show, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, Calif. (Nov. 10-Dec. 23, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1966
19
22
Visual Arts Project, Projects to Advance Creativity in Education, San Bernardino, Calif. (Jan.-?, 1977)
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967, undated
19
23
Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, Calif. (May, 1967)
Archival Resource Key
1967
19
24
Dallas North Galleries, Dallas, Texas (Jan., 1968)
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968, undated
19
25
"Southern California Artists All-Star Exhibition," Arrowhead Allied Arts Council, San Bernardino, Calif. (July, 1968)
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
19
26
"Treasure Chest of Art," Art Alliance of the Riverside Art Association and the Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif. (Mar. 22-29, 1969)
Archival Resource Key
1969
19
27
Moreno Valley Allied Arts Center, Sunnymead, Calif. (Apr. 20-?, 1969)
Archival Resource Key
1969
19
28
"100 Paintings From The 20th Century," Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, N.J. (Sept. 7-28, 1969)
Archival Resource Key
1969
19
29
West Coast Watercolor Society show, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Wash. (Mar.?-Apr. 4, 1971)
Archival Resource Key
1971
19
30
Kay Bonfoey Gallery, Tucson, Ariz. (Apr. 1-30, 1971)
Archival Resource Key
1971
19
31
West Coast Watercolor Society, Bodega Gallery, Bodega, Calif. (Aug., 1971)
Archival Resource Key
1971-1973
19
32
Kay Bonfoey Studio and Gallery, Tucson, Ariz. (Apr., 1972)
Archival Resource Key
1972
19
33
"Artistas Plasticos Regiomontanos Asociados," National Commercial Bank of Monterrey, Monterey, Mexico (Dec. 16-18, 1972)
Archival Resource Key
1972, undated
19
34
"California Water Color Society Collection," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Calif. (May 1-27, 1973)
Archival Resource Key
1973
19
35
Academy Galleries, National Academy of Design, New York, N.Y. (Sept. 27-Oct. 12, 1974)
Archival Resource Key
1974-1977
19
36
Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Tex. (Apr. 28-May 26, 1974)
Archival Resource Key
1973-1975, undated
19
37
West Texas Museum, Lubbock, Tex.
Archival Resource Key
1974, undated
(July, 1974)
19
38
Traveling exhibition, National Watercolor Society, St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, Calif. and Palm Springs Museum, Palm Springs, Calif. (Nov. 1975-? 1976)
Archival Resource Key
1975
19
39
"Millard Sheets," Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, Calif. (Mar. 27-Apr. 29, 1976)
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976, undated
19
40
Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, Calif. (Apr. 23-May 30, 1976)
Archival Resource Key
1976
19
41
"Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Calif. (Sept. 3-Nov. 21, 1976)
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
19
42
"Watercolor: Eighteen Artists," Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Ill. (Dec. 11, 1976-Jan. 22, 1977)(see also 9.1, Exhibitions Quincy Art Association....Feb. 6-27, 1977)
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
19
43
Quincy Art Association, Quincy Art Center Gallery, Quincy, Ill. (Feb. 6-27, 1977)(see 9.1, Watercolor: Eighteen Artists..., Dec. 11, 1976-Jan. 22, 1977)
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
19
44
"Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era," The National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (May 20-Sept. 11, 1977)(see 9.1, Painting and Sculpture in California.... Sept. 3-Nov. 21, 1976)
Archival Resource Key
1976
19
45
"Southern California 100," Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, Calif. (Sept. 21-Oct. 30, 1977)
Archival Resource Key
1977
19
46
Watercolor West show, Art Center Gallery, Rancho Sante Fe, Calif. (Oct., 1977)
Archival Resource Key
1977
19
47
Edward-Dean Museum of Decorative Arts, Cherry Valley, Calif. (Apr.2-30, 1978)
Archival Resource Key
1978
19
48
Tenth annual Watercolor West show, Riverside Art Center, Riverside, Calif. (Apr., 1978)(see 9.1, Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernadino County Museum....July 4-Aug. 28, 1978)
Archival Resource Key
1978
19
49
Watercolor West members' show, Brand Library, Glendale, Calif. (June 2-27, 1978) (see 9.1, Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernadino County Museum....July 4-Aug. 28, 1978)
Archival Resource Key
1978
19
50
Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernardino County Museum, San Bernardino, Calif. (July 4-Aug. 28, 1978)
Archival Resource Key
1978
19
51
"Fifty Years of the Southern California School of Watercolor," Fresno Arts Center, Fresno, Calif. (Nov., 1978)
Archival Resource Key
1978
19
52
"Invitational Watercolor Exhibit," Edward-Dean Museum of Decorative Arts, Cherry Valley, Calif. (Oct. 7-Nov. 18, 1979)
Archival Resource Key
1979
19
53
Palm Desert Museum, Palm Springs, Calif. (May 1-June 1 and Sept. 23-Oct. 19, 1980)
Archival Resource Key
1980
19
54
"Water Color: San Diego," Founders Gallery, University of San Diego, San Diego, Calif. (Jan.25-Feb. 26, 1981)
Archival Resource Key
1981
19
55
"Little-Known Treasures From The Permanent Collection," Muskegon Museum of Art (formerly Hackley Art Gallery), Muskegon, Mich. (July 8-Sept. 5, 1981)
Archival Resource Key
1981
19
56
"Millard Sheets: Sunsets, Seascapes, and the Southwest," Santa Fé East Galleries, Santa Fe, N. Mex. (July 17-Aug.30, 1981)
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
19
57
Artique Ltd. Fine Art Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska (Aug. 11-13, 1982) (see 7.2, Alaska Artists' Guild, Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 16-22, 1982)
Archival Resource Key
1982
19
58
"Fourth Annual Watercolor Exhibition," A. Huney Gallery, San Diego, Calif. (Feb. 12-13, 1983)
Archival Resource Key
1983
19
59
"Claremont Artists, 1930s-1980s," Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, Calif. (Oct. 5-23, 1987)
Archival Resource Key
1987
19
60
"Art At Scripps: The Early Years," Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, Calif. (Jan. 23-Feb. 28, 1988)
Archival Resource Key
1988
19
61
Exhibitions Organized by Sheets/ Featuring Items from His Personal Art Collection
9.2
Archival Resource Key
1964-1969
Scope and Contents note
This subseries consists of correspondence, notes, and related background material that documents the exhibitions organized by Millard Sheets for public and private groups, and corporations.
"Woman-Image and Symbol," Otis Art Institute Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif. (Mar. 27-May 17, 1964)
Archival Resource Key
1964
19
62
Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, Calif. (Aug., 1964)
Archival Resource Key
1964
19
63
Southern California Savings and Loan Association, Beverly Hills, Calif. (Jan. 5-29, 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1964
19
64
"Bronzes Past and Present," Mount San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut, Calif. (Oct., 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1965
19
65
"The Artist In Industry Collects," Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Calif. (Mar. 23-May 8, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
19
66
"Japan-Art In Action," Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, Calif. (Sept. 13-29, 1968)
Archival Resource Key
1968
19
67
"Before Cortes: Sculpture of Middle America," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y. (Sept. 30, 1970-Jan. 3, 1971)
Archival Resource Key
1969
19
68
Galleries
9.3
Archival Resource Key
1932-1937, 1960-1981, undated
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains Millard Sheets's files for the galleries that represented him as one of their artists. Materials include inventory sheets, correspondence, exhibition announcements, sales records, paintings rental agreement forms, and miscellaneous background information.
The files are arranged alphabetically by name of gallery. Within each folder, material is arranged chronologically.
Circle Gallery, Chicago, Ill.
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977, undated
19
69
Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1937-1977, undated
19
Consignments and inventory control sheets
Archival Resource Key
1963-1975
19
70
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965-1976, undated
19
71
Exhibition catalogs and announcements
Archival Resource Key
1932-1976, undated
19
72
Miscellaneous material
Archival Resource Key
1960, 1971, undated
19
73
Sales records
Archival Resource Key
1967-1977, undated
19
74
Gallery 8
Archival Resource Key
1976-1978
19
75
Kennedy Galleries, New York, N.Y.
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
19
76
Rental Gallery of the Scripps Fine Arts Foundation, Claremont, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966
19
77
Sea Urchin Gallery, Gualala, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1964
19
78
Miscellaneous Related Material
9.4
Archival Resource Key
1952-1981, undated
Scope and Contents note
This subseries consists of correspondence, brochures, announcements, notes, and inventory sheets. Researchers and scholars will find information on Sheet's personal art collection of particular interest.
Arrangement note
The files are arranged alphabetically by subject. Within each folder material is arranged chronologically.
Barse Miller retrospective
Archival Resource Key
1973
19
79
Inventory notes on Sheet's personal art collection
Archival Resource Key
1964-1978
19
80
Invitations to exhibitions, declined
Archival Resource Key
1964-1980
19
81
"One World of Art," grant proposal
Archival Resource Key
1952
19
82
Jury Files
Series 10
Archival Resource Key
1941-1982
(boxes 19-20; 42 folders)
Scope and Contents note
This series deals firstly with the exhibitions which Sheets juried. Span dates for each exhibition may include material that precedes and postdates the actual exhibition date. The second part of the series includes miscellaneous correspondence with Sheets from individuals, professional groups, or galleries, requesting his service as an exhibition judge. Only invitations to jury which were refused are included in this folder.
Arrangement note
Files for exhibitions which Sheets juried are arranged chronologically by year and then ordered within each year by month. Material in the second group of files is arranged chronologically.
Existence and Location of Copies
Jury files are on reel 5703.
"Drawings, U.S.A.," Saint Paul Gallery and School of Art, St. Paul, Minn. (Oct. 25-26, 1961)
Archival Resource Key
1961-1962
19
83
"Twenty-sixth Annual Exhibit," Boise Art Association, Boise, Idaho (Oct. 28-30, 1961)
Archival Resource Key
1961
19
84
"Sixteenth Annual Exhibition," Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, Tex. (Mar. 14-Apr. 4, 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1964-1965
19
85
Society of Western Artists, San Francisco, Calif. (Apr., 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1965
19
86
"Fourth Annual Art Show," Women of St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, Calif. (May 13, 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1965
19
87
Hollywood Turf Club, Inglewood, Calif. (June 20-30, 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1965
19
88
"Second Annual Outdoor Art Show," Santa Rosa Art Guild, Santa Rosa, Calif. (Sept. 2-5, 1965)
Archival Resource Key
1965
19
89
Ventura County Art competition, Ventura County Forum of the Arts, Ventura, Calif. (Mar. 10, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
19
90
"Watercolor, U.S.A.," Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Mo. (Apr. 22-23, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1966
19
91
Student exhibition, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa (Apr. 24-26, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1966
19
92
"Hundredth Anniversary Exhibition," American Watercolor Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y. (Oct. 18, 1966)
Archival Resource Key
1966
19
93
"Bal Masque Classique," Damas de Caridad, Fullerton, Calif. (circa Feb., 1967)
Archival Resource Key
1967
19
94
"Seventh Union League Art Show," Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. (Feb. 3-11, 1967)
Archival Resource Key
1967
19
95
Alumni scholarship competition, MGM Studios, Hollywood, Calif. (Mar. 28-30, 1968)
Archival Resource Key
1968
19
96
"Annual Eight State Art Tour," Idaho Art Association, Idaho Commission on the Arts, and Federation of Rocky Mountain States, Boise, Idaho (June, 1968)
Archival Resource Key
1968
19
97
"Art Festival in the City of Beverly Hills," Beverly Hills Art League, Beverly Hills, Calif. (Sept. 19-20, 1970)
Archival Resource Key
1970
19
98
"Thirteenth Annual Puget Sound Area Exhibition," Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Wash. (Apr. 29-May 30, 1971)
Archival Resource Key
1971
19
99
"Sixth Annual Watercolor Competitive," Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, Calif. (Sept. 11, 1971)
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
19
100
"Eleventh Annual La Mirada Fiesta de Artes," La Mirada Fiesta de Artes Association, La Mirada, Calif. (Apr. 29, 1972)
Archival Resource Key
1971-1972
19
101
Riverside Cultural Arts Council and the Press-Enterprise Co., Riverside City College Art Gallery, Riverside, Calif. (May, 1972)
Archival Resource Key
1972
19
102
Fourteenth Annual Eight State Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, State Fair of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Okla. (Aug. 25-26, 1972)
Archival Resource Key
1972
19
103
Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall, Los Angeles, Calif. (Oct. 31, 1972)
Archival Resource Key
1972
19
104
"1973 Art Show," California State Exposition and Fair, Sacramento, Calif. (July 14-15, 1973)
Archival Resource Key
1973
19
105
"Inland Exposition IX," San Bernardino Art Association, Orange Show Gallery, San Bernardino, Calif. (Sept. 30, 1973)
Archival Resource Key
1973
19
106
National Foundation for the Arts Selection Panel, City of Inglewood Sculpture Commission, Inglewood, Calif. (Dec., 1973)
Archival Resource Key
1973-1974
19
107
"Silver Anniversary Exhibition," Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, Tex. (Jan. 15-16, 1974)
Archival Resource Key
1973-1974
19
108
"Twelfth Annual Exhibition," San Diego Watercolor Society, Triforium Galleries, San Diego, Calif. (June 3, 1975)
Archival Resource Key
1975
19
109
"Fourth Annual Festival," Malibu Chamber of Commerce, Malibu, Calif. (July 27, 1975)
Archival Resource Key
1975
19
110
"Watercolor Southwest," Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Museum of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, N. Mex. (Oct. 10-11, 1975)
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976, undated
19
111
"National Watercolor Competition," National Society of Arts and Letters, San Antonio, Tex. (May 28-30, 1976)
Archival Resource Key
1976
19
112
"Golden State Exhibition," San Diego Watercolor Society, Central Federal Tower-Plaza Gallery, San Diego, Calif. (June, 1976)
Archival Resource Key
1976
20
1
"1976 Orange County Fair Fine Arts Competition," Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, Calif. (June 29, 1976)
Archival Resource Key
1976
20
2
Mid-Southern Watercolorists Exhibition, Little Rock, Ark. (Jan. 20, 1977)
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
20
3
"National Exhibition 1977," San Diego Watercolor Society, Central Federal Tower-Plaza Gallery, San Diego, Calif. (June 20, 1977)
Archival Resource Key
1977
20
4
"Pasadena Festival of the Arts," Pasadena Arts Council, Ambassador College, Pasadena, Calif. (July 10, 1977)
Archival Resource Key
1977
20
5
"Fall Open Show," New Mexico Watercolor Society, Albuquerque Federal Bank, Albuquerque, N. Mex. (Oct. 28, 1978)
Archival Resource Key
1978
20
6
Hawaii Water Color and Serigraph Society, Honolulu, Hi. (Nov. 28, 1978)
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979
20
7
Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, Calif. (April 18, 1979)
Archival Resource Key
1979
20
8
"1979 National Show," San Diego Watercolor Society, Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church Hall, San Diego, Calif. (May 15, 1979)
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979
20
9
Spring show, Watercolor Society of Oregon, Open Gallery, Eugene, Ore. (Mar. 29, 1980)
Archival Resource Key
1979-1980
20
10
"Traditional Artists 15th Annual Exhibition," Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernardino County Museum Association, San Bernardino, Calif. (Nov. 5, 1980)
Archival Resource Key
1980
20
11
Annual show, Watercolor West, Redlands?, Calif. (Jan. 27, 1981)
Archival Resource Key
1978-1980
20
12
Annual show, Alaska Watercolor Society, The Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska (Aug. 1982) (see Series 7.2, Alaska Artists' Guild, Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 16-22, 1982
Archival Resource Key
20
13
Miscellaneous correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1948-1981
20
14
Clippings (see Series 12, Clippings, Jury Publicity, 1941)
Archival Resource Key
20
15
Writings
Series 11
Archival Resource Key
1936-1988, undated
(boxes 20-22; 2.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
The files include drafts, notes, miscellaneous correspondence and background material. The series documents the significant time that Sheets devoted to expressing himself through literary forms. Sheets published articles for various magazines throughout his career. Of particular interest to researchers and scholars will be the articles by Sheets in 11.1 that describe his wartime experiences in India as a staff artist and war correspondent during World War II.
Arrangement note
This series is organized into three major subseries by type of material. - 11.1: Books and Articles, 1936-1988, undated
- 11.2: Eulogies, 1965-1980, undated
- 11.3: Lectures and Speeches, 1937-1980, undated
Existence and Location of Copies
Writings are on reels 5703-5706.
Books and Articles
11.1
Archival Resource Key
1936-1988, undated
Scope and Contents note
This subseries includes drafts, notes, correspondence, and related background material that resulted in published articles or books by or about Millard Sheets. The folders authored by Sheets are arranged alphabetically by title of work. The folders authored by other about sheets are arranged alphabetically by name of the author.
Arrangement note
Within this subseries individual folders are arranged chronologically.
Existence and Location of Copies
Books and articles by Sheets are on reel 5703-5704.
Books and Articles by Sheets
Archival Resource Key
20
Arthur Millier award text
Archival Resource Key
1973
20
16
"An Artist Looks at the Music Center," Los Angeles Times
Archival Resource Key
Sept. 30, 1964
20
17
"The Attack on Bamboo Hill," Life
Archival Resource Key
June 5, 1944
20
18
"The Creative Process," The Rangefinder (see also 11.3, Drafts and Related Background Material, Aug. 20, 1967)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968
20
19
"The Designer in Industry," Interpace Technical Journal (see also Series 6, International Pipe & Ceramics Corp...., Correspondence, Whitmore, C.F., 1965-1966)
Archival Resource Key
Sept. 15, 1966
20
20
Foreword, unpublished manuscript by Janice Lovoos
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965
20
21
Foreword, unpublished manuscript by Helen B. Dooley
Archival Resource Key
1965-1968
20
22
"Lucien Labaudt," letters to the Editor, Life
Archival Resource Key
Jan. 3, 1944
20
23
"Mexico and the United States," undated
Archival Resource Key
20
24
"Millard Sheets Writes From India,"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944
20
25
"On the Importance of Being A Good Person,"
Archival Resource Key
July 31, 1947
20
26
"To Betty With Love," undated
Archival Resource Key
20
27
Transcript of Sheets's description of his wartime assignment in India and Burma, undated
Archival Resource Key
20
28
Your Drawing is a Measure of Your Mind, published by Millard Sheets, Gualala, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1983
20
29
Untitled
Archival Resource Key
1936
20
30
Untitled, undated
Archival Resource Key
20
31
Untitled article for Sunset Magazine
Archival Resource Key
1973
20
32
Books and Articles by Others
Archival Resource Key
20
Askew, Raul, "Mercantile Bank Sets New High in Blending Design with Work," Dallas Morning News
Archival Resource Key
(Feb. 23, 1958)
20
33
Berney, Charlotte, "Millard Sheets: Artist for the World," Antiques & Fine Arts
Archival Resource Key
(Oct. 1987)
20
34
Duggan, Shirle, "Artist Haven," Los Angeles Examiner
Archival Resource Key
(Mar. 26, 1950)
20
35
King, Alma S., ed., "A One-Man Renaissance," Santa Fé East
Archival Resource Key
(Winter 1987/Spring 1988)
20
36
Lovoos, Janice and Edmund F. Penney, Millard Sheets: One-Man Renaissance
Archival Resource Key
(1984), 1981
20
37
MacMasters, Dan, "A Spurt of Creative Action in the Art of Ceramics," Los Angeles Times Home Magazine
Archival Resource Key
(July 25, 1965)
20
38
Magnan, George A., "Painting Watercolor with Millard Sheets," Today's Art
Archival Resource Key
(Feb. 13, 1973), 1972-1973
20
39
Meyer, Susan E. and Norman Kent, Watercolorists at Work
Archival Resource Key
(1973), 1970-1978
20
40
Millier, Arthur, "The Lindbergh of American Art," Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine
Archival Resource Key
(Mar. 6, 1938)
20
41
Miller, Arthur, biographical sketch on Sheets, Famous Americans, second series, Charles Webb & Co.
Archival Resource Key
1941
20
42
Nelson, Betty J., Sheets's Monumental Mosaics in California (master's thesis), San Jose University
Archival Resource Key
(Dec. 1985)
20
43
Paterno, Susan, "Muralist Brings Home Some Truths About Art," The Register
Archival Resource Key
(Oct. 13, 1983)
20
44
Richardson, A.T., untitled memoir, illustrated by Sheets
Archival Resource Key
(1969?), 1969-1970
20
45
Ritchie, Ward, Nigger of the Narcissus, Limited Editions Book Club edition
Archival Resource Key
(1965), 1962-1978, undated
20
46
Ross, Kenneth, "Eloquent Dean of California Watercolorists," Los Angeles Times
Archival Resource Key
(Apr. 11, 1976)
20
47
Schluna, Vera, "Millard Sheets," Designers West
Archival Resource Key
(Sept. 1966)
20
48
Sheets, Mary Baskerville, A West African Journal, illustrated and published by Millard Sheets, Gualala, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
20
49
Whitaker, Frederic, "Millard Sheets: Story of a Giant," American Artist
Archival Resource Key
(Dec. 1964), 1964-1971
20
50
Whitaker, Frederic, "Watercolor in California," American Artist
Archival Resource Key
(May 1968), 1968-1969
20
51
Eulogies
11.2
Archival Resource Key
1965-1980, undated
Scope and Contents note
This subseries consists of eulogies written by Sheets about personal friends and colleagues.
Arrangement note
The material is arranged alphabetically by name and then ordered chronologically within each folder.
Existence and Location of Copies
Eulogies are on reel 5704.
Ames, Arthur
Archival Resource Key
Apr. 26, 1975
20
52
Burgi, Kaspar, undated
Archival Resource Key
20
53
Childs, Kenneth D., Jr.
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 15, 1976
20
54
Dentzel, Carl
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 9, 1980
20
55
Padelford, Louise
Archival Resource Key
Sept. 8, 1979
20
56
Stewart, Albert
Archival Resource Key
Sept. 23, 1965
20
57
Lectures and Speeches
11.3
Archival Resource Key
1937-1980, undated
Scope and Contents note
This subseries consists of speeches and lectures written and delivered by Sheets before various public and private organizations.
Arrangement note
The files are grouped by type of material and then ordered chronologically within each folder.
Existence and Location of Copies
Lectures and speeches are on reels 5704-5706.
Drafts and related background material
Archival Resource Key
1939-1956
20
58-71
Drafts and related background material
Archival Resource Key
1957-1972
21
1-21
Drafts and related background material
Archival Resource Key
1973-1980, undated
22
1-9
Miscellaneous correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1937-1980, undated
22
10-14
Television and radio appearances
Archival Resource Key
1953-1962
22
15
Television and radio appearances
Archival Resource Key
1962-1971, undated
22
16
Printed Matter
Series 12
Archival Resource Key
1936-1992, undated
(boxes 22-23; 20 folders)
Scope and Contents note
This series include clippings, catalogs, brochures, magazines, and reprinted material collected by Sheets and his family.
Arrangement note
This series is arranged by alphabetically by subject and then ordered chronologically within each folder.
Existence and Location of Copies
Printed matter is on reel 5706.
Capitol Mall Project, Redevelopment Agency of the City of Sacramento
Archival Resource Key
1963-1973, undated
22
17-18
Clippings, Art
Archival Resource Key
1969, 1981-1986, undated
22
19
Clippings, California (unfilmed)
Archival Resource Key
1975-1985
22
20
Clippings, Family activities
Archival Resource Key
1983-1984
22
21
Clippings, Horses (unfilmed; see also 3.1., 1939, 1978, undated)
Archival Resource Key
1958-1963, undated
22
22
Clippings, Jury publicity
Archival Resource Key
1941
22
23
Clippings, Maloof, Sam (unfilmed)
Archival Resource Key
1985, undated
22
24
Clippings, McNaughton, Elizabeth Baskerville (unfilmed; sister-in-law)
Archival Resource Key
1958-1962, 1982, undated
22
25
Clippings, Sheets, Millard (unfilmed; see also 9.1)
Archival Resource Key
1936-1992, undated
22
26
Clippings, Miscellaneous subjects (unfilmed)
Archival Resource Key
1960-1985, undated
22
27
Exhibition catalogs and announcements
Archival Resource Key
1956-1969
22
28
Exhibition catalogs and announcements
Exhibition catalogs and announcements
Archival Resource Key
1969-1988, undated
22
29-31
Scope and Contents
(unfilmed)
Historical Foundation Center of America, Henderson, Nev., undated (unfilmed)
Archival Resource Key
23
1
Home Savings and Loan Association, Tiburon branch, Tiburon, Calif. (unfilmed)
Archival Resource Key
1973-1976, undated
23
2
Magazines featuring artwork by Sheets (unfilmed)
Archival Resource Key
1944-1946, 1970-1987, undated
23
3
Miscellaneous catalogs, flyers, and brochures
Archival Resource Key
1962-1981, undated
(unfilmed)
23
4-5
Pomona, City of, Mall and Redevelopment Project, Pomona, Calif. (unfilmed; see also Series 6 and Series 13)
Archival Resource Key
1959-1968, undated
23
6
Pomona, City of, Mall and Redevelopment Project, Pomona, Calif. (unfilmed; see also Series 6 and Series 13)
Reprints (unfilmed)
Archival Resource Key
1965-1971
23
7
Photographs
Series 13
Archival Resource Key
1934-1983, undated
(box 23; 17 folders)
Scope and Contents note
The files in this series predominantly reflect photo documentation of Sheets's artwork and design projects. Also found are photographs of his racing and breeding horses and personal publicity photographs.
Arrangement note
The series is arranged alphabetically by subject and then ordered chronologically within each folder.
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs are on reel 5706-5707.
Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1967, 1974, undated
23
8
Horses
Archival Resource Key
1934-1975, undated
23
9
International Pipe & Ceramics Corporation (Interpace), Los Angeles, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1958-1974, undated
23
Los Feliz Plant, Los Feliz, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
23
10
Miscellaneous photographs
Archival Resource Key
1965, undated
23
11
Parsipanny office, Parsipanny, N.J., undated
Archival Resource Key
23
12
Japanese House, Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1956
23
13
Miscellaneous subjects, undated
Archival Resource Key
23
14
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.
Archival Resource Key
1967-1969, undated
23
15-16
Negatives (unfilmed)
Archival Resource Key
1955-1965, undated
23
17
Office building, Claremont, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968
23
18
Pomona, City of, Mall and Redevelopment Project, Pomona, Calif.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
23
19
San Jacinto Savings Association, Houston, Tex.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1966
23
20
Sheets, Millard
Archival Resource Key
1939, 1967-1983, undated
23
21
Sutter Furniture Manufacturing Co., San Francisco, Calif., undated
Archival Resource Key
23
22
Van Dyver Witt Furniture Manufacturing Co., (Miller Desk), undated
Archival Resource Key
23
23
Unidentified Building, Interior Views
Archival Resource Key
undated
23
24
Artwork
Series 14
Archival Resource Key
circa 1929, undated
(box 23; 2 folders)
Scope and Contents note
This series consists mainly of original drawings created by Sheets's wife, Mary Baskerville Sheets, and a small group of sketches made by Sheets.
Arrangement note
The series is grouped alphabetically by artist and then ordered chronologically within each folder.
Existence and Location of Copies
Artwork is on reel 5707.
Sheets, Mary Baskerville
Archival Resource Key
circa 1929, undated
23
25
Sheets, Millard, undated
Archival Resource Key
23
26
Unprocessed Addition
Series 15
Archival Resource Key
4.6 Linear feet
boxes 24, 26-30, OV 25
circa 1930-2000
Scope and Contents
The unprocessed addition includes writings; sketchbooks and sketches; photographs and negatives of works of art, images of Millard Sheets and others; printed material, including two scrapbooks; and scattered correspondence regarding Sheet's projects.
Unprocessed Addition
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-2000
24
Unprocessed Addition
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-2000
25
Unprocessed Addition
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-2000
26
Unprocessed Addition
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-2000
27
Unprocessed Addition
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-2000
28
Unprocessed Addition
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-2000
29
Unprocessed Addition
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-2000
30