Manuscript Collection: Alfred Jacob Miller

Collection

Identifier: MC.1954.144

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Artist Alfred Jacob Miller (1811-1874), landscape and portrait painter, was especially noted for his studies of the Indians of the Rocky Mountain area. Born in Baltimore, Miller studied painting with Thomas Sully in 1831-32. In 1837 he met Captain William Drummond Stewart while he was in New Orleans and accompanied him on an expedition into the Rocky Mountains. Miller made over a hundred on-the-spot sketches of Indian life which he later elaborated in his studio in Baltimore and later in Scotland. A manuscript entitled "Rough Drafts to Notes on Indian Sketches" comprises his notes on 166 sketches. Photostatic copies of these notes are included. The second item is a notebook containing a description of Fort William on the Laramie.

Dates

1837

Language of Materials

Materials in English

Access Restrictions

Available by appointment only at the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR) with the exception of materials with donor restrictions. Contact Library staff in advance to inquire if materials exist pertaining to your research interests.

Use Restrictions

Please contact the Rights and Reproduction Department for information on publishing or reproducing materials included in these records. Permission will be granted by the Gilcrease Museum as the owner of the physical materials, and does not imply permission from the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all necessary permissions from the copyright holder.

Extent

2 item(s)

Additional Description

Provenance

The Gilcrease Foundation acquired these materials before 1964 and is housed in the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR). The library currently receives most materials through community donation, board members, artists and the acquisition of manuscript collections.

Processing Information

Staff, interns, and volunteers of the Thomas Gilcrease Library and Archive have contributed to the organization and maintenance of the files since the collection passed to the City of Tulsa in the 1950s.