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Lev T. Mills papers
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of the papers of Lev T. Mills from , including awards and plaques, binders, portfolios, and a photograph album.
The awards and plaques are primarily for achievement in teaching. Binders contain correspondence, exhibit and price lists, receipts for purchases of Mills' artwork, and a small amount of printed material relating to exhibitions. Correspondence includes letters to or from Mills' wife Joyce, Elizabeth Catlett, Benny Andrews, Maya Angelou, Andrew Young, Jessie Hill, Samella Lewis, Romare Bearden, Hale Woodruff, Coretta Scott King, and David Driskell.
Lev t mills biography of barack obama full Then, with Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, he created a website to track all federal spending. Donald Trump. Archived from the original on September 18, As of December , more than 1, people have died, according to military officials.There is not a significant volume of correspondence from any one individual. There is also correspondence with galleries and universities, especially memoranda relating to Mills' career as a professor at Spelman College. Portfolios primarily contain printed and promotional material, including fliers and programs advertising Mills' exhibitions, exhibition catalogs, and clippings about Mills.
The portfolios also contain numerous photographs of Mills teaching, creating artwork, and attending events.
Lev t mills biography of barack obama He also created a state earned-income tax credit for the working poor. Los Angeles Times. As a teenager, Obama went to parties and sometimes sought out gatherings on military bases or at the University of Hawaii that were mostly attended by blacks. Archived from the original on February 16,The photograph album documents some of Mills' international exhibitions in the early s and contains both photographs and promotional material.
Dates
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Restrictions on Access
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Biographical Note
Lev Timothy Mills was born in Florida in , the only child of his parents, who owned a store.
He graduated from Florida A&M University (Tallahassee) in and attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, for graduate school. There he studied printmaking with Dean Meeker, receiving a Master of Arts degree in and a Master of Fine Arts degree in In , he received a fellowship to attend the Slade School of Art in London, receiving a diploma in During his time living in England, he exhibited his work throughout the country, as well as in France, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, and Madagascar.
When Mills returned to the United States, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and began teaching printmaking at Clark College (). He has taught art at Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia) since
In addition to intaglio and silk screen printing, Mills also creates tile murals and sculpts.
He has created numerous public works, including tile murals in a Metro Atlanta Regional Transit Authority (MARTA) train station and Atlanta City Hall, and a sculpture (co-created with Charnelle Holloway) in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. In , he designed the seal for the American Library Association's National Coretta Scott King Book Award.
Mills' work can be found in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the British Museum, London; the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh; The Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Extent
Linear Feet (5 boxes and 1 oversize papers folder (OP))
Additional Description
Abstract
Papers of African American artist and educator Lev T.
Mills, including correspondence, photographs, and promotional material.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Source
Purchased from Lev T. Mills,
Processing
Arranged and described at the folder level by Sarah Quigley, July The collection arrived at the Rose Library primarily arranged into binders, photograph albums, and portfolios by Lev Mills.
Rose Library staff retained this arrangement but removed the material from the original enclosures for preservation.
The items remain in their original order, and many include captions with additional descriptive information provided by Mills.
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Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title
- Lev T. Mills papers,
- Author
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
- Date
- July 18,
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Cite Item
[after identification of item(s)], Lev T.
Mills papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Cite Item Description
[after identification of item(s)], Lev T. Mills papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University. Accessed January 19,