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Title: Marcus P. Miller papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0000158
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
31.0 Linear feet
(1 record storage box and 10 flat file drawers)
Date: circa 1923-circa 1953
creator:
Miller, Marcus P., 1891-1949
Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Gift of Mrs. Marilyn Miller Zuber, 1982.
Marcus P. Miller papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Marcus P. Miller was born in Illinois on August 5, 1892. He was the Head of the Specifications and Contracts Department at
the firm Curlett and Beelman in Los Angeles from 1920 to 1927. In 1927 Miller formed a partnership with William V. Kernan.
The office of Kernan and Miller, Architects was located in Los Angeles. A year later in 1938, he established his own firm
in Los Angeles, Marcus P. Miller, Architect. Miller died on November 1, 1949.
The Marcus P. Miller papers span 31 linear feet and date from circa 1923 to circa 1953. The collection is primarily composed
of architectural drawings and reprographic copies of commercial buildings in the Los Angeles area. The collection also includes
black-and-white photographs, specifications, contracts, and small architectural reference pamphlets.
Related Archival Materials note
Curlett & Beelman records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Miller, Marcus P., 1891-1949
Architectural drawings
Photographic prints
Reprographic copies
Specifications