Business Records and Writings
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Schmidt, Katherine, 1898-1978
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content: Katherine Schmidt papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 1; 7 folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schmkath, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: 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.