[2] She studied in Paris as a teenager, returning to New York where she graduated from Huntington High School in 1913 and attended Barnard College from 1913 to 1915.

[5] In the early 1960s she founded and cataloged the library of the American Museum of Folk Art.

[6] In 1981 Davenport received the highest honor given by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, for a lifetime of distinguished contribution to the performing arts.

[7] That same year she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Parsons School of Design.

[4] Davenport's work may be found in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.