Emily Guthrie Smith papers
name: label: Creator
content: Smith, Emily Guthrie, 1909-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas -- Fort Worth
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Texas -- Fort Worth
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Scrapbooks
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: A portion of the collection was donated in January 1979 by Smith and microfilmed on reel 1514. Additional material was loaned for microfilming on reels 1597 and 1701-1702 in January 1979 and returned to the donor. With the exception of the photograph album, sketches, and sketchbooks, this material was subsequently donated in October 1979.
creator: label: Creator
content: Smith, Emily Guthrie, 1909-
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content: Emily Guthrie Smith papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of painter and educator Emily Guthrie Smith measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1941 to 1979. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, photographs of Smith with her art, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Fort Worth, Texas painter Emily Guthrie Smith (1909-1986) was known for her portraits and still lifes.

In 1931 Smith studied under Robert Brackman at the Art Students League in New York City, and later with Mitchell Jamieson and Frederic Taubes. She pursued a career in painting portraits, landscapes, and still lifes in Fort Worth while also teaching workshops and classes in Texas, Nevada, and New Mexico.

Smith's work is represented in museums in Texas and elsewhere, as well as in private collections, and she was a member of multiple art associations.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1941-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smitemil
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Portions of the collection were microfilmed upon receipt onto reel 1514. 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 1514, 1597, and 1701-1702 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.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of painter and educator Emily Guthrie Smith measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1941 to 1979. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, photographs of Smith with her art, and printed material.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming  on reels 1701-1702, 1597. Reel 1597 contains sketches and sketchbooks of figure studies, still lifes, and portraits; a photograph album containing snapshots of paintings and drawings; and photographs of Smith and others. Reels 1701-1702 contain two scrapbooks containing clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements and notes about paintings sold; exhibition catalogs; letters from patrons, friends, and colleagues; autographed books; and an inventory of art work in Smith's personal collection and files on the artists represented. This material was returned to Smith after microfilming and is not described in the collection container inventory.