Writing to Owen Hungerford who managed projects at the Miller House, Girard explains his method for tracking projects: “We have found that the procedure outlined below greatly helps to safeguard against misunderstandings and other types of confusion.”

Alexander H. Girard to Owen D. Hungerford, 28 May 1974, 3/16, Miller House and Garden Collection, IMA Archvies, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. (MHG_Ia_B003_f016_005-006)