Business Records and Writings
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Schmidt, Katherine, 1898-1978
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- Katherine Schmidt papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
- Extent
- (Box 1; 7 folders)
- Date
- 1940-1950
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.schmkath, Series 2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Katherine Schmidt papers, circa 1921-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents note
- This series houses scattered documentation of activities in which Katherine Schmidt and her colleagues were involved for advocating government support of the arts. Included are several speeches by Schmidt concerning recent trends in the arts, a presentation by Elizabeth McCausland on art patronage, and proposals, reports, and essays written by others analyzing government support of the arts. Also found are meeting minutes taken by Schmidt as secretary of the Committee for New York State Art Legislation, and minutes she collected from other art committee meetings. This series also contains other notes by Schmidt, including a list of exhibits from 1923 to 1933.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503513300971-1503513300976-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0