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Lev Timothy Mills was born in Florida in , the only child of his parents, who owned a store.

Lev Timothy Mills was an African-American artist born in Tallahassee, Florida, in He graduated with his first of several degrees in art in

Lev Timothy Mills was born in Florida in He graduated from Florida A&M University (Tallahassee) in and attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Lev Mills' career has been split between being a working visual artist, and an educator.

Mills classified himself as a "constuctionist." His goal was to make art for himself, that examined and reexamined ideas through subject matter, design and.

Lev Timothy Mills was born in Florida in He graduated from Florida A&M University (Tallahassee) in and attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison..

Lev T. Mills papers

Collection

Identifier: Manuscript Collection No.

1406

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of the papers of Lev T. Mills from 1955-2015, 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.

He was born in Fort Worth.

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. 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 print