Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989
setName: label: See more items in
content: Millard Sheets papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (boxes 2-4; 2.75 linear ft.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1990, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sheemill, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The files are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and then chronologically within each folder.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Ahmanson, Howard and Caroline to "A" miscellaneous are on reel 5676; "A" miscellaneous to Hertel, Susan are on reel 5677; Hirsch, Clement L. to "M" miscellaneous are on reel 5678; "M" miscellaneous to Sotheby Park Bernet are on reel 5679; and Southwest Museum to "Y-Z" miscellaneous are on reel 5680.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The letters in these files primarily reflect the variety of Sheets's business and social interests throughout his design and art career. Among the correspondents may be found architects, design professionals, business and bank executives, professors, art collectors, and racehorse owners and managers. Topics covered include discussion of design projects, travel, horse breeding, art and urban planning. Researchers will find the letters between Millard Sheets and his wife, Mary Baskerville Sheets, during his World War II service in Asia and the Pacific Rim, to be of particular interest. Their correspondence document the details of Sheets's travel and wartime experience as a staff artist and war correspondent for Life.