Professional Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Higgins, Michael, 1908-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Michael Higgins papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.higgmich, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The series contains drawings; exhibition records containing lists, loan forms, and other material; a proposal by Chicago craftsmen to turn the Robie House into the Midwest Museum of Contemporary Crafts; a partial transcript of a panel talk and typescript of a review by Higgins of a Kenneth Bates show at the Chicago Art Institute; and photographs of work in the exhibition Contemporary Living (1952). Also found are organizational files consisting of founding documents, meeting minutes, bulletins, financial and administrative records, photographs, and scrapbooks. Scrapbooks include photographs and biographical information on craft artists for an exhibition organized by the Midwest Designer-Craftsmen, an organization in which Higgins was a founding member. Higgins also served on the Board of Trustees for the American Craftsmen's Council. Additional organizational material can be found in Series 1.