Women's Art Colony Farm records
Scope and Contents
Records include applications, printed material, financial records. The collection also includes unpublished writings, photographs, audio and visual tapes, and slides.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: approximately 1964-1995
Creator
- Women's Art Colony Farm (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
These records are open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that they own copyright, Kate Millett and the Women's Art Colony Farm have retained copyright in works donated to Smith College. Copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, or which may regard materials in the collection not created by Kate Millett and the Women's Art Colony Farm, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.
Biographical Note
"The Farm" was founded in the mid-1980s. It is a self-supporting women's artist colony run by Kate Millett. Women apply to work at The Farm, a successful Christmas tree venture, in exchange for room, board and studio space.
Extent
6.501 linear feet (7 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
"The Farm" was founded in the mid-1980s. It is a self-supporting women's artist colony run by Kate Millett. Women apply to work at The Farm, a successful Christmas tree venture, in exchange for room, board and studio space. Records include applications, printed material, financial records. The collection also includes unpublished writings, photographs, audio and visual tapes, and slides.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These records were a gift of Kate Millett in 1998, with the additional gift of the sculpture in 2010.
Appraisal
The freestanding two-piece sculpture created by Kate Millett (1964-1965) was transferred to the Kate Millett Studio in September 2023.
Subject
- Women's Art Colony Farm (Organization)
- Millett, Kate (1934-09-14-2017-09-06) (Person)
Source
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Women's Art Colony Farm records
- Status
- Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
- Author
- Madison White
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2017-07-26T17:48:24-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
- 2018-10-26: Updated to conform to DACS
- 2021-02-10: File-level inventory added
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
