Hilda Katz Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Katz, Hilda
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content: Hilda Katz papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Largely concerning her art career, biographical material includes awards and certificates, lists of paintings included in museum collections, membership records, and a resume. 

Correspondence includes letters between Katz and the City of New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of America and many institutions, museums, and organizations to which Katz donated and dedicated poems. Also found are holiday cards from Jacob Kainen and Prentiss Taylor. Additional correspondence, lists, and printed materials concerning the inclusion of Katz's paintings at various exhibitions at Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in the early 1970s. Personal business records consist of copyright certificates from the 1940s for paintings and poems.

There is one portrait with Katz and her artwork. Other photographs are of works of art, many of which are labeled and identified with titles, dimensions, and provenance.

Original poems by Katz retain original order and include volumes of poetry donated to the New York State Museum in Albany, New York, and King Olav IV and the people of Norway, among others. Printed materials include scattered clippings and exhibition announcements and catalogs, most of which concern Katz's early painting career. Also found are poetry magazines in which Katz's works are included. 

A mixed-media scrapbook contains clippings and exhibition announcements and catalogs concerning her professional career as a painter and poet.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.3 Linear Feet (Box 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-1992
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.katzhild, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials