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    Since 1954, the Archives has collected roughly 16 million letters, photographs, diaries, oral history interviews, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, and other documents that support the study of the history of the visual arts in America.


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    Film Still - Davigene

    Of the Moment: A Video Sampler from the Archives of American Art

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    Photo - Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, ca. 1946

    The Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner Papers have been digitized and added to Collections Online

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    Archives of American Art Annual Benefit

    Save the Date: October 29, 2009
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    Sam Maloof (1916-2009)

    Furniture designer and woodworker Sam Maloof passed away May 21, 2009. Read a 2002 oral history interview with Sam Maloof



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    Archives of American Art Journal

    The most recent issue of the Archives of American Art Journal explores the influence of war on art and artists


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