Three folders of correspondence primarily document Katherine Schmidt's advocacy for federal and state government support of the arts. Included are letters from An American Group, Inc. and J. Frederick Dewhurst from the Twentieth Century Fund concerning a national survey of the cultural and economic status of the arts in the United States, and from Holger Cahill concerning a 1941 arts conference in Washington, D.C. Also found is correspondence regarding Schmidt and husband Irvine Shubert's participation in the creation of a post-war arts commission for New York state. There are letters from Edith Halpert of the Downtown Gallery and from the Whitney Museum of American Art. Correspondence from 1961 includes congratulations on her new exhibition of artwork. Items are arranged choronologically.
This series houses scattered documentation of activities in which Katherine Schmidt and her colleagues were involved for advocating government support of the arts. Included are several speeches by Schmidt concerning recent trends in the arts, a presentation by Elizabeth McCausland on art patronage, and proposals, reports, and essays written by others analyzing government support of the arts. Also found are meeting minutes taken by Schmidt as secretary of the Committee for New York State Art Legislation, and minutes she collected from other art committee meetings. This series also contains other notes by Schmidt, including a list of exhibits from 1923 to 1933.
Description Container Select Speeches by Katherine Schmidt, 1940-1941 Select: Speeches by Katherine Schmidt, 1940-1941 J. Frederic Dewhurst, Proposal for the Survey of Art in the United States, 1940 Select: J. Frederic Dewhurst, Proposal for the Survey of Art in the United States, 1940 Elizabeth McCausland, "Art Patronage in the United States,", 1945 Select: Elizabeth McCausland, "Art Patronage in the United States,", 1945 Various Authors, Proposals for an Art & Defense Program, 1941 Select: Various Authors, Proposals for an Art & Defense Program, 1941 Various Authors, Writings and Reports on Government Sponsorship of Art Programs, 1945-circa 1950 Select: Various Authors, Writings and Reports on Government Sponsorship of Art Programs, 1945-circa 1950 Minutes of Meetings, 1945-1950 Select: Minutes of Meetings, 1945-1950 Notes by Katherine Schmidt, circa 1940-1950 Select: Notes by Katherine Schmidt, circa 1940-1950
This series contains exhibition catalogs and news clippings about Schmidt's artistic career, as well as printed materials about advocacy for government support of the arts, particularly for the Citizens Committee for Government Arts Projects. Items are arranged chronologically within each folder.
Description Container Select Exhibition Catalogs, 1931, 1939, 1961, 1971 Select: Exhibition Catalogs, 1931, 1939, 1961, 1971 News Clippings, 1925-1971 Select: News Clippings, 1925-1971 Press Releases, 1941 Select: Press Releases, 1941 Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1940-1950 Select: Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1940-1950(Not scanned)
Photographs include three portraits of Katherine Schmidt and two photographs taken by Yasuo Kuniyoshi at a party that depict Betty Spencer, Alexander Brook, Isabella Howland, Peggy Bacon, Niles Spencer, Dorothy Varian, and Katherine Schmidt. Also found are three photographs of drawings by Schmidt.