Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

Catalog Data

Creator:
Boyd, E. (Elizabeth), 1903-1974  Search this
Subject:
Index of American Design  Search this
Federal Art Project  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1 Item
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Typed notes dated November 6, 1963, excerpted from her notebook. Boyd describes her work for the Index of American Design in New Mexico, 1936-1937, where she was engaged in research, did renderings of folk art for the Index and especially the Portfolio of Spanish Colonial Design, and handled photographs by project photographers. She comments on the quality of work done by artists and photographers on the project.
Citation:
E. Boyd memoirs, 1963 November 6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm roll 2787 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
E. Boyd (1903-1974) was an art administrator, painter, and writer from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1964 by E. Boyd.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Folk art  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women arts administrators  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women authors  Search this
Theme:
Latino and Latin American  Search this
Women  Search this
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)5440
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208912
AAA_collcode_boydeliz
Theme:
Latino and Latin American
Women
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208912