Carolyn Kinder Carr papers
name: label: Creator
content: Carr, Carolyn Kinder
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- Ohio
label: Occupation
content: Art museum curators -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
label: Topic
content: Women art critics
label: Topic
content: Art criticism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Carolyn Carr donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 2004.
creator: label: Creator
content: Carr, Carolyn Kinder
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content: Carolyn Kinder Carr papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of art critic and art museum curator Carolyn Kinder Carr measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1967 to 1980. The scattered papers relate to Carr's career as an art critic for the Akron Beacon Journal in the late 1960s to the 1970s. Found are four dismantled scrapbooks containing clippings of Carr's column, letters in response to her critiques, and travel expense records.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ohio and Washington, D.C. art museum curator and art critic Carolyn Kinder Carr spent her early career in Akron, Ohio as an art critic for the Akron Beacon Journal and as curator of the Akron Art Institute. She wrote extensively on the art scene in Northeast Ohio, including Akron, Kent, and Cleveland before moving to Washington, D.C. to become curator at the National Portrait Gallery. In 2008, she was named Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carrcaro
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 collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of art critic and curator Carolyn Kinder Carr measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1960 to 1980. Carr's scattered papers relate to her career as an art critic for the Akron Beacon Journal in the late 1960s to the 1970s. Found are four dismantled scrapbooks containing clippings of Carr's column, letters in response to her critiques, travel expense records.