Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Art Committee
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003
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content: Dorothy C. Miller papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet (Boxes 14-15, OV 27)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1965-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.milldoro, Series 6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: In 1969 Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANJY) Austin J. Tobin established a committee to commission and acquire artwork for PANJY's facilities and hired Miller as the primary art consultant. Files are found here that document Miller's work with the committee, including committee meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence and notes, printed materials, photographs. 

Several files are related to Miller's work with the committee for selecting artwork for the World Trade Center in the early 1970s. These contain letters from Alexander Calder discussing the purchase of Calder's World Trade Center Stabile, also known as Three Wings and The Cockeyed Propeller which was originally commissioned for the entrance to 1 World Trade Center on West Street, but was moved around the plaza over time. One of Calder's letters is illustrated with a picture indicating how he wanted the stabile's "feet" to be installed. Also found here are several photographs of Calder and his mobiles and stabiles, letters from Joan Miró, Chryssa, and photographs of artwork by other artists. 

One file in this series contains writings by Miller concerning the collections of the PANJY.