Silversmiths -- United States.

Scope and Contents note The original organization of the collection was haphazard with no discernable order, mostly it was segregated by media type. The collection contains diverse media including papers, books, photographs, slides, negatives, reel to reel film, VHS, models made of clay or wood, and awards and medals. It is arranged by series, then by subseries, thereafter alphabetical or chronological. Spanning nearly 100 years from circa 1910 to circa 2000, the collection predates Miller’s birth and continues on...

Scope and Contents note This collection of records came from the office of Henry Hawley, Curator of Later Western Art. The records probably came to the museum when Hollis French donated his large collection of silver to the museum in 1940. The collection consists of research materials for French's two books on silver, "A List of Early American Silversmiths and Their Marks" and "Jacob Hurd and His Sons Nathaniel and Benjamin, Silversmiths 1702-1781" (both of which can be found in the Ingalls Library). The types of...

Scope and Contents note The John Paul Miller collection was donated to the museum archives by the artist's heirs following his death in 2013. The collection documents the artist's life and career through visual and textual materials as well as ephemera. In addition, it includes family history records of the Brooks, Hershberger, and Miller families. It provides the researcher with an intimate look at the work and artistic process of one of the twentieth century's finest goldsmiths whose works can be found in museums...