Collection Information
Size: 0.2 Linear feet
Summary: The scattered papers of painter and arts administrator Elizabeth Nottingham Day measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1910 to 1956. Largely concerning the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, the papers include correspondence, photographs, printed material, and writings. Also found are reports and writings concerning the Federal Art Galleries in Lynchburg and Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
Biographical/Historical Note
Elizabeth Nottingham Day (1907-1956) was a painter, educator, and arts administrator born in Salisbury, North Carolina. She was director of the Federal Art Gallery at Big Stone Gap and at Lynchburg and was the assistant state art supervisor for the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project in Virginia. She married Horace Day and together they were co-directors of the art department at Mary Baldwin College.
Provenance
Horace Talmadge Day, the widower of Elizabeth Nottingham Day, donated his wife's papers in 1964.
Related Materials
The Archives of American Art also holds the Horace Talmage Day papers, 1929-1965.
Language Note
English .
Funding Note
Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
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