Archives of American Art Special Focus Guides

Explore the Archives of Amercan Art's unique collections through a variety of lenses. Delve into the volumninous diaries and sketchbooks that are so frequently found among artists' papers. Discover our extensive holdings on craft and art galleries. Focus on collections representing the diversity of our country's artistic heritage through our guides to papers of and about African American, Latino, and Asian American artists. Browse hundreds of digital images of documents selected from the collections. And come back often to view new guides and updated content.

African American

Guide to Papers of African American Artists

Art Gallery Records

Guide to Art Gallery Records

Asian American

Guide to Papers of Asian American Artists

Craft

Guide to Craft-related Collections

Diaries

Guide to Diaries
The guide includes in-depth access to the digitized Diaries of 19th century painter Jervis McEntee.

Latino and Latin American

Archivos Virtuales
Guide to Papers of Latino and Latin American Artists

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Visual Thinking: Guide to Sketches & Sketchbooks
Browse 17 fully digitized sketchbooks in the Curator's Choice section.

Women

Guide to the Papers of Women Artists

Coming Soon

Art Collectors / Art Theory and Historiography / Photography

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