Collection Archives

Brooks Stevens

As one of the country's first industrial designers, Brooks Stevens – acutely aware of his own place in history – began documenting the activities of his design firm in 1935 . The Milwaukee Art Museum acquired the Brooks Stevens Archive in 1997, as a gift from the designer's family and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. The collection is composed primarily of audio visual materials.

George Mann Niedecken Archives

The collections of the George Mann Niedecken Archives consist primarily of the design drawings for interior furnishings, including furniture, rugs, window treatments, lighting, and murals, executed by George Mann Niedecken. The collections contain office records, documents, furniture catalogs, and ephemera of the Niedecken-Walbridge Company, as well as vintage photographs of Niedecken-designed interiors. The collection also includes drawings and paintings of various subjects completed by Niedecken while he was an art student and throughout his life.