Important archive of approx. 30 letters from Madeleine Milhaud, the widow of the French composer to his former student, pianist and patron of the arts, Jane Galante. Most folded airmail letters, some cards with envelopes, together with one letter to her from Darius Milhaud, photos and related items. From the collection of Jane Galante (1924 - 2010). As follows:

• Letter from Darius Milhaud  on Mills College stationery, to Jane Galante, with envelope, May 19, 1965.
• Photograph portrait of Darius Milhaud.
• Poster for The World of Darius Milhaud at Mills College, inscribed by Madeleine Milhaud to Jane Galante, 1986. (Chips and tears at edges, some creasing.)
• Color Photograph of "Madeleine Milhaud and Jane Galante admiring the painting by Daniel Milhaud taken at 8 Sea Cliff in October 1985," the handwritten description attached with a paper clip.
• Program for a "Milhaud Festival: The Age of Youth," in honor of Mihaus' 70th birthday, held at Mills College, signed by Milhaud with letter from C. Easton Rothwell, President of Mills College, presenting the program to Jane Galante. 3 June 1963
• Brochure "Darius Milhaud 1892-1974, being a list of his works, with biographical information. 32 pp.

Jane Galante was a leader in San Francisco’s chamber music scene for more than 60 years as a pianist, scholar, board member, and vigorous advocate of music and education.  She toured Europe and America with Ferenc Molnar, then principal violist of the San Francisco Symphony, and cellist Zara Nelsova, and performed with the cellist Lazlo Varga and harpist Anne Adams, also of the S.F. symphony. Galante taught for several years at Mills College, where she had earlier been a devoted student of Darius Milhaud. This led her in 1988 to publish the translation from the French of Darius Milhaud by Paul Collaer (including the definitive catalogue of compilations); and Darius Milhaud Interviews With Claude Rostand. For this, she was decorated with the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Artes et des Letters, by the government of France.

The French actress and librettist Madeleine married her cousin, Darius Milhaud, in 1925. Darius' piano suite La Muse Menagère (The Household Muse) is dedicated to her, and depicts their daily life together. She wrote the libretti for his operas Médée, Bolivar, and La Mère coupable. With their son Daniel, they fled France when the Germans were within range of Paris in May 1940, eventually landing in the US where Darius taught at Mills College and Madeleine taught American students about French and French theatre. They returned to France in 1946.