A professionally prepared index will enable your readers to find what they are looking for quickly and easily. I have been creating indexes for trade and scholarly books for over 20 years. My specialties are art and art history, biography, general nonfiction, history, literature, and performing arts.
I will create an index that increases the usefulness of your book by organizing the contents of the book in a way that makes it easy for your readers to find what they are looking for. I will work within your budget and your schedule to deliver an index that meets the needs of your readers.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Art and Art History
Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost
James Rondeau
Yale University Press, 2026
Korean National Treasures: 2,000 Years of Art
Yeonsoo Chee
Yale University Press, 2025
Great American Treasures: Women Preserving History Since 1891
Carol B. Cadou, et al.
The Artist Book Foundation, 2025
The World of William Glackens, Volume III
Avis Berman, et al.
The Sansom Foundation, Inc., 2025
The World Before Racism: An Art Story
Lisa Farrington
The Artist Book Foundation, 2024
National Museum of Women in the Arts: Collection Highlights
Tere Arcq, et al.
Hirmer Publishers, 2023
Hodermarsky
Allison Rudnick and Kat Lee
The Artist Book Foundation, 2023
Rod Penner: Paintings, 1987-2022
David Anfam and Terrie Sultan
The Artist Book Foundation, 2022
Gabriel Lippmann’s Colour Photography: Science, Media, Museums
Hanin Hannouch
Amsterdam University Press, 2022
Don Gummer
Peter Plagens and Linda Wolk‑Simon
The Artist Book Foundation, 2021
Glassworks: The Art of Frederick Birkhill
Samantha De Tillio
The Artist Book Foundation, 2020
John Van Alstine: Sculpture 1971-2018
Howard N. Fox
The Artist Book Foundation, 2019
Theodore Wendel: True Notes of American Impressionism
Laurene Buckley
The Artist Book Foundation, 2018
Adolf Dehn: Midcentury Manhattan
Philip Eliasoph
The Artist Book Foundation, 2017
Tom Blackwell: The Complete Paintings, 1970-2014
Linda Chase
The Artist Book Foundation, 2015
Wendell Castle: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1958-2012
Emily Evans Eerdmans
The Artist Book Foundation, 2014
Speaking of Furniture: Conversations with 14 American Masters
Bebe Pritam Johnson and Warren Eames Johnson
The Artist Book Foundation, 2013
Boaz Vaadia: Sculpture 1971-2011
Wendy Steiner
Hudson Hills Press, 2012
Colleen Browning: The Enchantment of Realism
Philip Eliasoph
Hudson Hills Press, 2011
Adornment: The Art of Barbara Natoli Witt
Lois Sherr Dubin
Hudson Hills Press, 2011
Surfaces: Color, Substances, and Ritual Applications on African Sculpture
Leonard Kahan, Donna Page, and Pascal James Imperato
Indiana University Press, 2009
Contemporary Quilt Art: An Introduction and Guide
Kate Lenkowsky
Indiana University Press, 2008
Biography
The Power of Practice: How Music and Yoga Transformed the Life and Work of Yehudi Menuhin
Kristin Wendland
State University of New York Press, 2024
Fyodor Dostoevsky: In the Beginning (1821–1845) A Life in Letters, Memoirs, and Criticism
Thomas Gaiton Marullo
Northern Illinois University Press, 2016
Russia’s Uncommon Prophet: Father Aleksandr Men and His Times
Wallace L. Daniel
Northern Illinois University Press, 2016
Bette Davis
Roy Moseley
The University Press of Kentucky, 2003
General Nonfiction
The Whole World Goes to Hunter: Creating a Culture of Excellence and Activism, 1870–1964
Laura S. Schor
State University of New York Press, 2026
Shaping Students of Color from Preschool to Graduate School: The Impact of Families on Education
Nathan Durdella
State University of New York Press, 2025
The Wisdom of Trees: Thinking Through Arboreality
David Macauley and Laura Pustarfi
State University of New York Press, 2025
Appraising: The Definitive Guide to Valuing Fine Art, Decorative Arts & Collectibles
Appraisers Association of America, 2024
Revisions and Dissents: Essays
Paul E. Gottfried
Northern Illinois University Press, 2017
History
Swedish Chicago: The Shaping of an Immigrant Community, 1880-1920
Anita Olson Gustafson
Northern Illinois University Press, 2018
The Winter Palace and the People: Staging and Consuming Russia’s Monarchy, 1754-1917
Susan P. McCaffray
Northern Illinois University Press, 2018
Fascism: The Career of a Concept
Paul E. Gottfried
Northern Illinois University Press, 2016
Literature
The Collaborative Artist’s Book: Evolving Ideas in Contemporary Poetry and Art
Alexandra J. Gold
University of Iowa Press, 2023
Heroine Abuse: Dostoevsky’s Netochka Nezvanova and the Poetics of Codependency
Thomas Gaiton Marullo
Northern Illinois University Press, 2015
Performing Arts
Hearing Brazil: Music and Histories in Minas Gerais
Jonathon Grasse
University Press of Mississippi, 2022
The Fornes Frame: Contemporary Latina Playwrights and the Legacy of Maria Irene Fornes
Anne Garcia-Romero
The University of Arizona Press, 2016
The Ecological Eugene O’Neill: Nature’s Veiled Purpose in the Plays
Robert Baker-White
McFarland & Company, Inc., 2015
West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities: An Ethnomusicological Perspective
George Worlasi Kwasi Dor
University Press of Mississippi, 2013
Studio Shakespeare: The Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place
Alycia Smith-Howard
Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2006
Holy Estates: Marriage and Monarchy in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
Sid Ray
Susquehanna University Press, 2004
EDUCATION
New York University, New York, New York
“Freelance Book Indexing” course, 2001
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Master of Fine Arts in Photography, 1993
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut
Bachelor of Arts in English, 1986
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Society for Indexing
CONTACT ME
Barbara E. Smith
barbara.e.smith@att.net
Book Indexer 