Project Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989
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content: Millard Sheets papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (boxes 9-18; 8.25 linear ft.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956-1981, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sheemill, Series 6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: 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.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 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.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: 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.