Barbara Swan letters to Rosalind and Edwin Miller
name: label: Creator
content: Swan, Barbara, 1922-
label: Names
content: Alpha Gallery (Boston, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Miller, Edwin Haviland
label: Names
content: Miller, Rosalind S., 1923-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Draftsmen (artists) -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Lithographers -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1992 by Rosalind Miller.
creator: label: Creator
content: Swan, Barbara, 1922-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Barbara Swan letters to Rosalind and Edwin Miller
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Barbara Swan letters to Rosalind and Edwin Miller measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1961 to 1991. The letters document Swan's deep friendship with the Millers. Swan discusses many topics including her husband's career at Alpha Gallery, her own artwork and career, and personal issues.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Boston, Massachusetts painter, draftsman, and lithographer Barbara Swan (1922-2003) is associated with the Boston Expressionists and later focused on still-life paintings. 

Rosalind Miller (1923-2002) was a professor of psychiatric social work at Columbia University. Edwin Miller (1929- ) is a Walt Whitman scholar and biographer of Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Millers are collectors of American textiles.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961-1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.swanbarb
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The letters were microfilmed on reel 4882 after receipt. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 4882 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Barbara Swan letters to Rosalind and Edwin Miller measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1961 to 1991. The letters document Swan's deep friendship with the Millers. Swan discusses many topics including her husband's career at Alpha Gallery, her own artwork and career, and personal issues.