Dorothy Loraine Meredith papers, 1925-1980.

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Dorothy Loraine Meredith papers, 1925-1980.

Papers of a Milwaukee woman artist which include correspondence with friends and artists discussing her personal life and views on art (1937-1980). In particular she had continued correspondence with Morino Hiroaki and a prominent Tokyo landscape designer, Shimoyama Shigemaru. Also included are programs of her art exhibitions (1926-1980), photographs of art work and personal life (undated), and a scrapbook that documents the recognition she received in newspapers (1925-1962). The programs of her exhibitions and the scrapbook are of primary importance because they document her life as an artist.

1.2 cubic ft.

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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The WPA + 35 Exhibition, January 4-30, 1970, presented by the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee was a tribute to the crafts and quality of design which came of the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The Project began in the Fall of 1935. It was one of the more unusual and diverse of the handicraft projects in its philosophy and its goals. Its "Project 1170" was a specially created project for women who needed work, interested in becoming self-supporting. Milwaukee County and...

Hiroaki, Morino.

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