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University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library

Milton Kemnitz Papers, 1932-1995 (majority within 1960-1990)

3 linear feet

Ann Arbor-based artist specializing in images of local businesses and sites. The collection has been arranged in three series. The Artwork series includes drawings of buildings and other projects, publications containing reproductions of his work, and files relating to galleries, exhibits, auctions, and art fairs. The Supplemental Materials series concerns the art organizations and associations of which Kemnitz was a member, correspondence, and files pertaining to other activities, notably the Bird Hills Park controversy. The third series, Southern White Migration to Detroit in the 1930s, consists of research materials and reports resulting from Kemnitz' research as a member of a University of Michigan sociology seminar on metropolitan community organization. A portion includes Elmer Akers' research on the Black Legion.

The papers of Milt Kemnitz have been divided into three series. The first series, ARTWORK, focuses on the artwork itself, and its reproduction and dissemination. This includes the following subseries: Drawings of Buildings, Other Projects, Publications and Galleries, Exhibits, Auctions & Art Fairs. The second series, called SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS, has three subseries, Art Organizations & Associations, Correspondence and Miscellaneous Personal Material. Much of this material concerns his career as an artist but relates less directly to the actual artwork than the material in the first series. The third series, SOUTHERN WHITE MIGRATION TO DETROIT IN THE 1930s, consists of research materials and reports resulting from Kemnitz' research as a member of a University of Michigan sociology seminar on metropolitan community organization.

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Within the ARTWORK series, Drawings of Buildings includes drawings of private residences and well known public buildings, mainly in Ann Arbor. These folders contain sketches on tracing paper, photographs of the actual houses and reproductions of the final drawings. Many of the drawings of buildings were used as greeting card art. Kemnitz excelled at depicting buildings, typically as line drawings but sometimes as paintings. Other Projects are larger in scope, encompassing work Kemnitz did that may include, but are not limited to, the drawing of a building. Commissioned works have not been separated from gifts by the artist, for it is not always clear into which category a work falls. Publications includes the books Kemnitz published and the various magazine covers and articles reproducing his work. Please see the clippings folders in the SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS series for potentially relevant newspaper articles. Galleries, Exhibits, Auctions & Art Fairs includes information about the various art events Kemnitz participated in.

Milton Kemnitz Papers, 1932-1995 (majority within 1960-1990)
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