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Internship, fellowship, and volunteer opportunities provide students and lifelong learners with the ability to contribute to the study and preservation of visual arts records in America.
Read first-hand perspectives from the staff who preserve and document the history of the visual arts in America.
Matthew Simms introduces collectors Elyse and Stanley Grinstein and their papers, which document their home and social circle as a hub for the LA art scene
Two collections each with a copy of a supermodel's swimsuit calendar? Jacob Proctor looks at connections between the Four Walls Records, the Colin de Land Collection, and Claudia Schiffer.
Guest author Jan Wiley illuminates the life and career of F. Edwin Church (1876–1975) and brings him out of the shadow of his namesake
Three oral history interviews are highlighted by Ben Gillespie, the Arlene and Robert Kogod Secretarial Scholar for Oral History
The papers of Hisako Hibi and Matsusaburo “George” Hibi, an addition to our substantial holdings related to Japanese-American artists, are detailed by California collector Matthew Simms
Internship, fellowship, and volunteer opportunities provide students and lifelong learners with the ability to contribute to the study and preservation of visual arts records in America.
You can help make digitized historical documents more findable and useful by transcribing their text.
Visit the Archives of American Art project page in the Smithsonian Transcription Center now.
A virtual repository of a substantial cross-section of the Archives' most significant collections.