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Francis D. Millet, ca. 1910

Francis Davis Millet And Millet Family Papers, 1858-1984 (bulk 1858-1955)

This site provides access to the papers of Francis Davis Millet in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2007 from 8 reels of microfilm. The papers have been scanned in their entirety, and total 7,744 images.

The Francis Davis Millet and Millet family papers measure 3.25 linear feet and are dated 1858-1984, with a few scattered early eighteenth-century items, such as legal documents and printed matter. The bulk of the materials dates from 1858 to 1955. Found are biographical materials, diaries/journals, family letters, notes and writings, art work, printed matter, miscellaneous records, and photographs documenting Millet's wide-ranging artistic and writing career and personal life, including his death aboard the Titanic. Also of interest are approximately twenty ink caricatures attributed to John Singer Sargent. Read more About this Collection.

Funding for the digitization of the microfilm of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.