Oral history interview with Dorothy C. Miller
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 10 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 18 digital wav files. Duration is 20 hrs., 42 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
label: Names
content: Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
label: Names
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
label: Names
content: D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968
label: Names
content: Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978
label: Names
content: Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
label: Names
content: Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956
label: Names
content: Graves, Morris, 1910-2001
label: Names
content: Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988
label: Names
content: Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966
label: Names
content: Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
label: Names
content: Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
label: Names
content: Tobey, Mark
label: Names
content: Warburg, Edward M. M.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dorothy C. Miller (1904-2003) was an art museum curator from New York, N.Y.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 260 Pages (Transcript)
label: Extent
content: 18 Items (sound files (20 hrs., 42 min.), digital, wav)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970 May 26-1971 Sept. 28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.miller70
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 4210-4211 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Dorothy Miller conducted 1970 May 26-1971 Sept. 28, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Miller speaks of her childhood and family background; the beginning of her career in museums; her first trip to Europe; the Depression and its effect on the art world; the establishment of the WPA Federal Art Project; the scandal over the Diego Rivera mural in Rockefeller Center; getting started with the Museum of Modern Art in its early years; working with Alfred Barr; early exhibitions at the MOMA; meeting Mark Tobey and Morris Graves; meeting Holger Cahill; Cahill's background; Cahill's involvement with the WPA Federal Art Project, and the Project's early years; post-war changes in American art and the post-war years at the MOMA; Shaker design; some of her colleagues at the MOMA.
label: Scope and Contents
content: She recalls Duncan Phillips, Rene D'Harnoncourt, Jackson Pollock, Edward M.M. Warburg, Nelson Rockefeller, Mark Rothko, Louise Nevelson, Alexander Calder, Lyonel Feininger, Walker Evans, and Edwin Dickinson.