Walter Midener papers
name: label: Creator
content: Midener, Walter, 1912-1998
label: Creator
content: Society of Arts and Crafts (Detroit, Mich.)
label: Names
content: Ascoli, Max
label: Names
content: McVey, William Mozart, 1905-1995
label: Names
content: Warburg, Edward M. M.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Michigan -- Detroit
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1965 and 1974 by Walter Midener and in 1978 by his estate.
creator: label: Creator
content: Midener, Walter, 1912-1998
label: Creator
content: Society of Arts and Crafts (Detroit, Mich.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, art instructor and art administrator, Detroit, Michigan. Born in Leignitz, Germany. Attended Kunst Akademie in Berlin, 1932-1936. Came to U.S. in 1938. Taught at Henry Street Settlement in New York, N.Y., Cleveland Institute of Art, and Art School of the Society of Arts and Crafts becoming president of the board of trustees in 1976. Won the Tiffany Fellowship for Sculpture, 1940.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.midewalt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm roll 103 & 880 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Resume, correspondence, photographs, miscellany, and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 880: Resume, ca. 104 letters, 2 photographs of Midener, 1945, (one with collector Edward M. M. Warburg), and miscellany. Correspondents include Nathan Cummings, Curt Valentin, Edward Warburg, and others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 103: Correspondence from the Buchholz Gallery, Barone Gallery and Little Gallery, arranging sales and exhibits of Midener's wood sculpture; from various Jewish organizations in New York and Cincinnati, commissioning Midener's work; collectors Edward Warburg and Jakob Goldschmidt, and personal friends, including sculptor William McVey and Max Ascoli, the last writing a letter of introduction. Clippings showing Midener's religious art, catalogs and occasional photographs are also included.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence, 1947-1978, relating to Midener's work at the Art School of the Society of Arts and Crafts; commissions; loans; and other mostly business matters.