The collection is arranged as 10 series. Series 1: Biographical Material, 1915-1976 (Box 1; 0.4 linear feet) Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1922-1998 (Boxes 1-2; 0.9 linear feet) Series 3: Writings, 1921-2002 (Box 2; 1.0 linear feet) Series 4: Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana, 1948-1989 (Boxes 2-3; 0.3 linear feet) Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1939-2001 (Box 3; 0.5 linear feet) Series 6: Personal Business Records, 1938-1993 (Box 3; 0.3 linear feet) Series 7: Printed Material, 1913-2002 (Boxes 3-5; 0.5 linear feet) Series 8: Travel Scrapbooks, 1966-1974 (Box 4; 0.4 linear feet) Series 9: Artwork, circa 1928-1974 ( Boxes 4-5; 0.3 linear feet) Series 10: Photographic Material, circa 1910-1979 (Boxes 4-5; 0.3 linear feet)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
The papers of artist, collector, librarian, and scholar Kate Steinitz measure 4.3 linear feet and date from circa 1910 to 2002. The collection documents Steinitz's life and career in Germany and the United States through biographical material; correspondence; writings, including manuscripts and travel diaries; exhibition files; personal business records; printed material; travel scrapbooks; artwork; and photographs.
Citation:
Kate Steinitz papers, circa 1910-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
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Related Materials:
Kate Steinitz compiled a collection of archival materials about German artist and writer Kurt Schwitters and donated the materials to the National Gallery of Art Library located in Washington, D.C.
Kate Traumann Steinitz papers are also located at UCLA Library Special Collections.
Biography Note:
Kate Steinitz (1889-1975) was an artist, collector, librarian, and scholar who worked in Berlin and Hanover, Germany and Los Angeles, California. Steinitz was born in Beuthen, Silesia, Germany, (now Poland) to Arnold and Magdelena Traumann; the family relocated to Berlin in 1899. From 1908 to 1911, Steinitz studied drawing and painting under Käthe Kollwitz and Lovis Corinth and attended lectures by art historian, Heinrich Wölfflin. While visiting Paris with her mother in 1912, Steinitz continued her studies at the Sorbonne and Académie de la Grande Chaumière.
Language Note:
The collection is in German and English.
Provenance:
The Kate Steinitz papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1999 by Ilse Berg, daughter of Kate Steinitz.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
