Elizabeth Nottingham Day papers
name: label: Creator
content: Day, Elizabeth Nottingham, 1907-1956
label: Names
content: Beverley Studios (Staunton, Va.)
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Va.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Virginia
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Virginia
label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Virginia
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
label: Topic
content: Landscape painting
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Horace Talmadge Day, the widower of Elizabeth Nottingham Day, donated his wife's papers in 1964.
creator: label: Creator
content: Day, Elizabeth Nottingham, 1907-1956
setName: label: See more items in
content: Elizabeth Nottingham Day papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of painter and arts administrator Elizabeth Nottingham Day measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1910 to 1956. Largely concerning the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, the papers include correspondence, photographs, printed material, and writings. Also found are reports and writings concerning the Federal Art Galleries in Lynchburg and Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elizabeth Nottingham Day (1907-1956) was a painter, educator, and arts administrator born in Salisbury, North Carolina. She was director of the  Federal Art Gallery at Big Stone Gap and at Lynchburg and was the assistant state art supervisor for the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project in Virginia. She married Horace Day and together they were co-directors of the art department at Mary Baldwin College.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1910-1956
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dayeliz
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed after receipt on 35mm microfilm reel D/NDA/D. It was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reel D/NDA/D available at Archives of American Art offices. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of painter and arts administrator Elizabeth Nottingham Day measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1910 to 1956. Largely concerning the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, the papers include correspondence, photographs, printed material, and writings. Also found are reports and writings concerning the Federal Art Galleries in Lynchburg and Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Horace Talmage Day papers, 1929-1965.