Martha McMillan

Martha McMillan was a student from fall 1949 to spring 1940.

Before BMC she attended Maryville College 1936-1937 and University of Tennessee 1937-1938. She was known as a photographer. Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Relationships

Husband: Fellow BMC student, John Giles Roberts

Asheville Art Museum Collection

Writings about Martha can be seen in digitized college bulletins on Asheville Art Museum's collection website: collection.ashevilleart.org. They can be found by searching these accession numbers:

2017.40.103 April 26, 1943 bulletin, "Martha McMillan has been asked by both the Marines and the Coast Guard to come into the Public Relations Offices of their Womens Auxiliaries to be official photographer. She is about to make up her mind to join the Coast Guard."

Courses Taken

Fall 1939-1940: Drawing with Albers, Readings in Literature with Kurtz, Modern European History with W. C. Barnes.

Spring 1939-1940: Drawing I with Albers, Readings in Literature with Kurtz, Modern European History with Barnes, Philosophical Classics with Straus.