Elsa Schmid papers
name: label: Creator
content: Schmid, Elsa, 1897-
label: Names
content: Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)
label: Names
content: Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Rye
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- Rye
label: Occupation
content: Mosaicists -- New York (State) -- Rye
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated in 1974 by Peter Neumann, Schmid's son. Two additional mosaic transparencies of Abraham Lincoln were transferred from the Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in 2010.
creator: label: Creator
content: Schmid, Elsa, 1897-
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content: Elsa Schmid papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of sculptor and mosaicist Elsa Schmid (1897-1970) measure 1.1 linear feet and date from 1910 to 1967. Found are biographical materials, correspondence including letters from Henry Varnum Poor, photographs of works of art, project files, printed material, and writings relating to Elsa Schmid's career as a mosaicist.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elsa Schmid (1897-1970) was a mosaicist, painter, and sculptor in Rye, New York. Born in Germany, Schmid first studied art in Italy and immigrated to the United States in the 1920s. Concentrating on mosaic, her works decorated churches and memorialized famous figures. Schmid married art dealer J. B. Neumann.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schmelsa
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 papers were microfilmed after receipt on reel 953. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 953 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. 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 papers of sculptor and mosaicist Elsa Schmid (1897-1970) measure 1.1 linear feet and date from 1910 to 1967. Found are biographical materials, correspondence including letters from Henry Varnum Poor, photographs of works of art, project files, printed material, and writings relating to Elsa Schmid's career as a mosaicist.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds an interview of Elsa Schmid conducted 1968 August 1, by Butler Coleman, for the Archives of American Art.