Miner, Dorothy E. (Dorothy Eugenia), 1904-1973

Person

Biography

Dorothy Eugenia Miner (1904-1973) was born in New York City, New York to Roy Waldo Miner and Anna Elizabeth Carroll. She was hired by the Pierpont Morgan Library to prepare an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts in 1933-34 and following that she became the keeper of manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. She died of cancer in Baltimore, Maryland in 1973.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Exchange of telegram and letter between Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C. and Dorothy Miner, Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts, Walter's Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, July 1-August 4, 1954 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks / Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives / Series: Correspondence / Sub-Series: Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey / Sub-Group: "G" Miscellaneous

File — Box E, Folder: 13, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E13:Gaehde 1954.08.04

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Handwritten text for Western Union telegram from Mildred Bliss to Dorothy Miner inquiring about the location of Mrs. Christa Gaehde, manuscript conservator. She wants to know if Gaehde is still with the Walters Art Gallery or at Great Neck, Long Island. A typescript letter from Dorothy Miner to Mildred Bliss tells her about the excellent work done by Gaehde on conserving a particularly fragile manuscript at the Walters Gallery.

Letter from Dorothy Miner, Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore 1, Maryland to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, N.W., Washington 7, D.C., November 21, 1957 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks / Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives / Series: Correspondence / Sub-Series: Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey / Sub-Group: Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters

File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 88Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Miner 1957.11.21

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Dorothy Miner to Mildred Bliss thanks her for the heartening note about the binding exhibition. She is glad that Mildred found it interesting and stimulating. "We have indeed worked very hard on it for a long time -- so much so that on the opening evening I could see only the faults of which I was so conscious. I thought that Mrs. Baker's dinner was a most delightful occasion and I was so glad that you could be present." The Walters Art...