Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014
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content: Nancy Holt Estate records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet (Boxes 45, 85-86, 88, OVs 64, 87, FC 89)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880-2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.holtnanc, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series includes an academic record transcript from Tufts University and 2 letters relating to Holt's early childhood education certification and teaching in 1966, in addition to records of her honorary doctorate from the University of South Florida, Tampa. Also included with Holt's academic records is an itinerary and related notes for a trip to Europe Holt apparently took as a student. Family history includes notes and news clippings relating to Holt's family and estate records for Ernest Holt (Holt's father); Holt's birth, christening, and marriage certificates, an invitation to her wedding to Smithson, and a copy of her death certificate, as well as birth and death records for family members; and 3 sound recordings labeled to indicate they document family history. Also found are biographical statements, resumes, Who's Who entries for Holt, business cards, and the contents of a rotary card file of personal and professional contacts. An unlabeled and undated scrapbook who's owner is unidentified contains photos of artwork, photos of Panama, cut-out printed material, photos of unidentified individuals, and 4 pencil sketches.  


Records relating to Robert Smithson include emails and letters recording Holt's efforts to gather information related to Smithson's childhood, youth, and military service, circa 2005, with answers and information from people who knew Smithson and responded to Holt's requests. A scrapbook contains some of Smithson's childhood drawings, letters, clippings, photographs, and other ephemera from his childhood that was given to Holt following the death of Smithson's mother. The scrapbook also includes photos of Holt and Smithson, a postcard from Nancy, and a class valentine signed by her to him, circa 1952, in Clifton New Jersey, where Smithson attended high school. These records confirm that Holt and Smithson knew each other during their middle and early high school years. Records related to Smithson's death include his death certificate, 2 letters concerning the investigation of the plane crash in which he died, a record of funeral expenses, and records pertaining to the legal settlement following his death. Also found is a video recording of a WKRG-TV broadcast about the plane crash, a script of the recording, and a letter of transmittal of both items sent to Virginia Dwan. 

Additionally, one folder labeled "Astrology" includes sound recordings of astrology readings for Holt and two completed forms for Holt and Smithson noting character traits.