Paula Baxter

Paula A. Baxter is the Curator of the New York Public Library’s Art & Architecture Collection, located in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Previously she worked at the library of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and at several art colleges. Baxter holds a B.A. and M.A. in Art History from State University of New York at Binghamton, and an M.S. in Library Service from Columbia University. She is the author of the Encyclopedia of Native American Jewelry (2000) and has published numerous encyclopedia and magazine articles on design history and Native American jewelry. Baxter also writes about and lectures on art research and collecting. She is a dedicated collector of old and new Native American jewelry, which she wears on a daily basis.