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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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    Oral History Interviews Exhibition in DC

    Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner in Pollock's studio, looking up at the camera], ca. 1950. Archives of American Art.

    Speaking of Art: Selections from the Archives of American Art’s Oral History Collection, 1958-2008

    Paul Ryan Exhibition in NYC

    Video stills of Paul Ryan and Buckminster Fuller, ca. 1971. Paul Ryan papers, 1943-2008, Archives of American Art

    Media Utopia: Art and Advocacy of Paul Ryan

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    Photography Guide

    New Guide to Photography and Photographers in the Archives of American Art.



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    Additional Portraits of Artists Now on Flickr

    The Smithsonian continues to provide new images weekly to the Flickr Commons, a photo-sharing website.
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    Recently Added

    The Rembrandt and Harriet Peale Papers have been digitized and added to Collections Online.


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