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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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    Walter Shirlaw watercolor of turkey (detail), from the Dorothea A. Dreier papers, 1881-1941. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

    Watercolor of turkeys by Walter Shirlaw, from the Dorothea A. Dreier Papers, 1881-1941

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    Detail from Journal 98, 2002 to 2003. Janice Lowry papers, 1957-2008. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

    Acquisition Highlight: Janice Lowry Illustrated Journals

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    Oral history interview with Chuck and Jan Rosenak about their involvement with the American folk art world



    Annual Benefit October 29

    The Archives saluted Richard Artschwager, Douglas S. Cramer, Jack Lenor Larsen and Klaus Kertess in NYC
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    Nancy Spero 1926-2009

    The Archives of American Art mourns the passing of artist Nancy Spero
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