Joseph Maxwell Miller papers
name: label: Creator
content: Miller, Joseph Maxwell, 1877-1933
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Maryland -- Baltimore
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1984-1985 by Mary E. Miller, Miller'sdaughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Miller, Joseph Maxwell, 1877-1933
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; Baltimore, Maryland. Received his early art education at the Maryland Institute where he won the Rinehart scholarship to study in France. He showed at the Salon des Artistes and was made officer of the Academie Francais. He was a member of the National Sculpture Society and the Charcoal Club.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1887-1931]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.milljose
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3622 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Index to photographs available at all Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Diploma from the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of Mechanical Arts, 1897; 2 awards, an Honorable Mention from the Society of French Artists, Salon 1902 and Silver Medal from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904; correspondence, ca. 1900-1931; sculpture notes, sketches, and contract concerning his monument to the Confederate Women of Maryland; National Sculpture Society constitution (partial); 7 childhood cutout paper horses and 6 pencil, charcoal, and watercolor drawings; 2 exhibition catalogs and 1 announcement, 1914-1918; and printed material concerning National Sculpture Society.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are 11 photographs of Miller, 44 photographs of his sculpture, and a notebook containing 84 photographs of Miller, Miller's sculpture, and clay models compiled by Miller's wife, Mary Diggs Miller and indexed by his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Miller; 8 medallions by Miller; and a souvenior paperweight.