Katherine Coffey papers
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Object Details
- Creator
- Coffey, Katherine, d. 1972
- Names
- Newark Museum
- Occupation
- Museum directors -- New Jersey -- Newark
- Topic
- Women arts administrators
- Provenance
- The Newark Museum of Art donated the Katherine Coffey papers in 1972.
- Creator
- Coffey, Katherine, d. 1972
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- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
- Summary
- The scattered papers of museum director Katherine Coffey measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1940 to 1972. Found are biographical material, photographs, printed material, and two speeches.
- Biographical / Historical
- Katherine Coffey (1900-1972) was director at the Newark Museum of Art from 1949 to 1968, where she developed and expanded apprentice training and educational programs.
- Extent
- 0.2 Linear feet
- Date
- 1940-1972
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.coffkath
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Citation
- Katherine Coffey papers, 1940-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
- Processing Information
- The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
- 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
- The scattered papers of museum director Katherine Coffey measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1940 to 1972. Found are biographical material, photographs, printed material, and two speeches.
- Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596173428558-1596173428560-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0