William Mathewson Milliken papers
name: label: Creator
content: Milliken, William Mathewson, 1889-1978
label: Names
content: Cleveland Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project (Ohio)
label: Names
content: Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
label: Names
content: Carter, Clarence Holbrook, 1904-2000
label: Names
content: Dronig, Wolfgang
label: Names
content: Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
label: Names
content: Keller, Henry G., 1869-1949
label: Names
content: Martin, Kurt, 1899-
label: Names
content: Parsons, Harold Woodbury, 1883-1967
label: Names
content: Travis, Paul Bough, 1891-1975
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum curators -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Photostats on reel 600 donated by Cleveland Museum of Art; material on reel 684 lent for microfilming 1973 by William M. Milliken; material on reels 1096 and 1273-1279 donated 1974-1977 by William M. Milliken.
creator: label: Creator
content: Milliken, William Mathewson, 1889-1978
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Museum director; Cleveland, Ohio; d. 1978. Milliken was the curator of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1919-1958, and director of the museum from 1930-1958.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- Ohio -- Cleveland
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.6 Linear Feet ((on 10 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.millwilm
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 600, 684, 1096 & 1273-1279 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Reel 600: Positive photostat copies.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 684: Originals returned to William M. Milliken after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 600: Originals in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; biographical data; photographs; artists files; writings; financial material; a travel diary; and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 600: Correspondence, December 1933-August 1935, comprising 88 letters between Milliken, head of the Cleveland section of the PWAP, and applying artists, the Treasury Department, and other officials of the program. In addition there are progress reports on artists' work done in the Cleveland section of PWAP, December 1933-May 1934, extensive lists of artists' projects giving city, building, and description of work, and miscellaneous papers.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 684: Typescript of an unpublished book "Stories Behind the Museum Collection," a 254 page history of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, written by Milliken. The history begins with the museum's inception in 1913. The date of the writing is ca. 1970.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1096: Copy of William Milliken's autobiography, 530 p.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1273-1279: Correspondence; biographical data; photographs; poems; lectures; addresses; radio talks; receipts and invoices for art objects given to the Cleveland Museum of Art; a travel diary, 1954-1955; and miscellany. There are files on Bernhard Berenson, Clarence Carter, Marshall Fredericks, Henry Keller, Wolfgang Dronig, Kurt Martin, Harold Parsons, Paul Travis, and others.