Milton Horn papers
name: label: Creator
content: Horn, Milton, 1906-
label: Names
content: Horn, Estelle
label: Names
content: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Public sculpture -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Milton and Estelle Horn, 1972-1977 and by the Milton Horn Art Trust in 2003.
creator: label: Creator
content: Horn, Milton, 1906-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, writer; Chicago, Ill. Worked on WPA art projects and many other mostly public commissions. d. March 29, 1995.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 885 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))
label: Extent
content: 15.7 Linear Feet (Addition)
label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet (Glass plate negatives)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1921-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hornmilt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1294, 2814 & 3174 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, correspondence, photographs, writings and miscellaneous printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2814: Xerox copies of 7 poems by Horn's wife Estelle, 1927-1930 and photographs of Milton Horn's sculpture, taken by her; clippings; a xerox copy of "Statement by Milton Horn on his drawings," October 1974; a xerox copy of a letter to Dr. Rappaport regarding a bronze sculpture, AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, by Milton Horn, January 31, 1974; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1294: Correspondence, photographs, clippings, minutes of meetings of Sculptor's Guild and National Competition Committee, exhibition invitations and a Frank Lloyd Wright blueprint.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3174: A resume and biographical data; correspondence, 1946, with Carlton D. Wall regarding Horn's wall panel for Wall's Plymouth, Michigan residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; typescripts of writings and lectures; published articles, reviews, catalogs and letters by Horn, 1933-1970; exhibition catalogs, undated and 1933-1970; and 136 photographs of sculpture executed 1928-1971, taken by his wife Estelle.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Correspondence, printed material, biographical material, blue prints, photographs of works of art and glass negatives.