Elizabeth Basye Gilmore Holt papers
name: label: Creator
content: Holt, Elizabeth Basye Gilmore
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.C.)
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Maine -- Georgetown
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Maine -- Georgetown
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Maine -- Georgetown
label: Topic
content: Women art historians
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women authors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Elizabeth Basye Gilmore Holt papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in several installments from 1988 to 1991 by Holt's daughter, Elizabeth Holt Muench, and her brother, John A. Gilmore.
creator: label: Creator
content: Holt, Elizabeth Basye Gilmore
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content: Elizabeth Basye Gilmore Holt papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Elizabeth Basye Gilmore Holt measure 13.1 linear feet and date from 1923 to 1987. The papers document Holt's career as an art historian, educator, and author based in Washington, D.C., and Georgetown, Maine, through biographical material; correspondences with friends, colleagues, and publishers; writings in the form of one diary and notes, lectures, and essays; extensive project files related to her various books as well as several film projects; printed material such as clippings, brochures, and reference material; and photographic materials that largely consist of lecture slides.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elizabeth Basye Gilmore Holt (1905-1987) was an art historian, educator, and author largely based in Washington, D.C. and Georgetown, Maine. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin (1929), a master's degree from Radcliffe College (1932), and her doctoral degree at the University of Munich (1934). From 1935-1936 she worked as a technical supervisor for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Arts Project and opened a community art center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Holt taught at Duke University, Michigan State University of East Lansing, Boston University, and other universities over the course of her career.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.holteliz
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Diaries
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 6 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1954-1987 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1, OV 15)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1934-1987 (0.7 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Writings, 1925-1986 (2.5 linear feet; Boxes 1-4)

Series 4: Project Files, 1946-1986 (8.7 linear feet; Boxes 4-12, OVs 16-19)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1923-circa 1980 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 12-13)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1935-circa 1980 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 13-14)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection received a preliminary level of arrangement by Jean Fitzgerald after donation in the late 1980s to early 1990s and one folder was microfilmed on reel 2814. Multiple accessions were merged and a finding aid prepared by Rihoko Ueno in 2023.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Only one folder of material about Elizabeth Holt's work for the Works Progress Administration is available on 35mm microfilm reel 2814 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. The rest of the collection is not microfilmed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Elizabeth Basye Gilmore Holt measure 13.1 linear feet and date from 1923 to 1987. The papers document Holt's career as an art historian, educator, and author based in Washington, D.C., and Georgetown, Maine, through biographical material; correspondences with friends, colleagues, and publishers; writings in the form of one diary and notes, lectures, and essays; extensive project files related to her various books as well as several film projects; printed material such as clippings, brochures, and reference material; and photographic materials that largely consist of lecture slides.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Elizabeth Basye Gilmore Holt conducted by Josephine Withers in 1978.