Kit Smyth Basquin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Basquin, Kit
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives of American Art in 2014 by Kit Smyth Basquin.
creator: label: Creator
content: Basquin, Kit
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content: Kit Smyth Basquin papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of New York City art historian and curator Kit Smyth Basquin measure 4.8 linear feet and 3.49 GB and date from 1992-2012. The collection documents Basquin's dissertation research on artists Lynne Allen, Lesley Dill, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Pat Steir.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Kit Smyth Basquin (194?- ) is an art historian in New York City. Before retiring, she was Associate for Administration in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 2009 she completed her dissertation in Interdisciplinary Studies at Union Institute and University. She holds a Masters in Art History from Indiana University, Bloomington, and had previously worked as Assistant Director for Collections and Public Programs at the Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.8 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 3.49 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1992-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.basqkit
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content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as one series

Series 1: Writing and Research Files, 1992-2012 (4.8 linear feet; Box 1-6, 3.49 GB; ER01-ER07)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price in 2009. Born-digital materials were processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2019 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of New York City art historian and curator Kit Smyth Basquin measure 4.8 linear feet and 3.49 GB and date from 1992-2012. The collection documents Basquin's dissertation research on artists Lynne Allen, Lesley Dill, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Pat Steir. 

Writing and Research Files include a wide variety of materials such as correspondence, interviews and transcripts, photographic materials, printed materials, journals, exhibition catalogs, writings, sound and video recordings and subject files. Some of the materials are in digital format, including sound and video recordings. Also included is a bound copy of Basquin's dissertation, "Words Expand Postmodern Prints: Pat Steir, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Lynne Allen, and Lesley Dill."  The collection contains seventeen sound cassettes of recorded interviews and one lecture.