Sources for all Articles
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Amateau, Albert. “Robert Nichols, 91, Led Wash. Sq. ’69 Renovation.” The Villager, 21 October 2021, web.archive.org.
Bogart, Dave. [Business Partner and Golf Buddy of JMM] Personal Interview. 8 July 2024.
Cartiere, Cameron. [Professor, Emily Carr University of Art and Design] Personal interview. 5 September 2024.
Cartiere, Cameron. Play Sculptures: Public Art in the Playground. Public Art Dialogue, 12(1), 5–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/21502552.2021.1993619. (2022).
Curry, Bob. [Worker at Form, Inc. 1970s] Personal Interview. 19 September 2024.
Davies, Ansley. [Associate Curator County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation] Personal Interview. 25 September 2024.
Davis, Skip. [Collector, curator, & supporter of local art, and Friend of JMM] Personal Interviews. 19 August 2024, 10 November 2024.
Deming, Bob. [Worker at Form, Inc. 1970s] Personal Interview. 19 September 2024.
Druker, Elina. [Professor, Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University] E-Mail Interview. 19 October 2024.
Druker, Elina. Play Sculptures and Picturebooks: Utopian Visions of Modern Existence. Barnboken – tidskrift för barnlitteraturforskning/Journal of Children’s Literature Research, Vol. 42, 2019.
Hennebury, Deirdre. [Assistant Director, University of Michigan Museum Studies] Personal Interview. 14 November 2024.
Hepworth, Barbara. Carvings and Drawings. (Intro Herbert Read) London: Lund, 1952.
Hocking, Scott. [Artist, Collector, Curator and Preservationist of JMM Works] Personal Interview. 24 July 2024.
James E. Miller Obituary, retrieved from https://www.lynchandsonsclawson.com/obituaries/James-E-Miller?obId=2723786.
Jianou, Ionel. Zadkine. Paris: Editions d’Art, 1964.
Jim Miller Biography retrieved from: http://jimmillermelbergsculptor.com/BIO.html.
Jurrjens, Brent. [Assistant to and Protégé of JMM] Personal Interview. 18 July 2024.
Leach, Bernard. A Potter’s Book. London: Faber & Faber, 1940.
Lederman, Alfred and Trachser, Alfred. Creative Playgrounds and Recreational Centers.
Translated from German by Ernst Priefert. New York: Praeger, 1959.
Levine, Harvey. [Family Friend of JMM] Personal Interview. 6 October 2024.
Levine, Ian. [Family Friend of JMM] Personal Interview. 14 August 2024.
Londino Stone Company Records, 1960-2004, bulk 1990s in Columbia University Archival Collections, https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-a/ldpd_6635170.
Mallon, Karen. [Daughter of Bob Vigiletti] Text Exchanges. 24 July 2024.
Mellberg, K. R. Ship's Manifest "State of Nevada" 1887, retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org.
Miller, Claus. 1900, 1910 Unites States Federal Census Records
Miller, Martin. 1930, 1940 Federal Census Records.
Martin, Paul. Find a Grave memorial, retrieved from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56359858/paul-reinhold-miller
Miller, Jim. Form, Incorporated Catalogue, ND.
Millman, Debbie. “Interview With Jim Miller-Melberg, Artist.” In Arnold, Amy and Conway, Brian, Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America. Layton, Uyah: Gibbs Smith, p. 207.
Minton, Joe. [Nephew of JMM] E-Mail Interview. 7 July 2024.
Neumann, Erich. The Archetypal World of Henry Moore. New York: Pantheon, 1959.
Nichols, Duncan. [Son of Playground Associates Founder Robert Nichols] Personal Inverview. 23 October 2024.
Nichols, Robert. “New Concepts Behind Designs for Modern Playgrounds.” Recreation, April 1955, p. 154.
Nichols, Robert. “New Trends in Modern Playgrounds.” The American City, March 1955, p. 120.
Ogata, Amy. “Creative Playthings: Educational Toys and Postwar American Culture.” Winterther Portfolio 39 2/3, p. 129.
Robb, Jim. [Attorney of JMM] Personal Interview. 14 October 2024.
“Room for the Play of Fancy at US Exhibit.” The Emporia Daily Gazette, Emporia Kansas, 27 July 1959, p. 4.
“Sculpting a Life: Jim Miller-Melberg.” Northern Express, 21 Sept 2008. Retrieved from https://www.northernexpress.com/news/feature/article-3567-sculpting-a-life-jim-miller-melberg/.
“Sculptural Playground Slide at Lower Cost.” Progressive Architecture. April 1955.
Sharp, Sara Rose. “From Swiss Cheese to DNA, The Inventions of a Seminal Playground Designer.” Hyperallergic, 4 October 2017, retrieved from https://hyperallergic.com/401168/from-swiss-cheese-to-dna-the-inventions-of-a-seminal-playground-designer/.
Solomon, Susan. American Playgrounds – Revitalizing Community Space. Hannover and London: UP New England, 2005.
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“Thetford Resident Designs Unique Playground Slide.” Valley News, West Lebanon, New Hampshire. 2 Feb 1955, p. 3.
Tietz, Kurt. [Worker at Form, Inc. 1970s] Personal Interview. 13 October 2024.
Vigiletti, Bob. [JMM’s Photographer] Personal Interview. 7 July 2024.
Woo, Marie. [Artist, Classmate, Neighbor and Colleague of JMM] Personal Interview. 6 October 2024.
