Staff Voices

Liza Kirwin chronicles how two disasters prompted donations of the Edmund C. Tarbell Papers. 

Audiovisual archivist Megan McShea presents a case study on Cornelia Chapin's home movies. 

Archivist Ryan Evans explores the papers of Fred Becker, finding connections to the artist as varied as William Blake and Madame Sun Yat-sen. 

Matthew Simms, the Gerald and Bente Buck West Coast Collector for the Archives of American Art, highlights the Tony DeLap Papers, recently acquired by the Archives. The following essay was originally published in the spring 2018 issue (vol. 57, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal. 

Curator of manuscripts Mary Savig highlights the Don Reitz Papers, recently acquired by the Archives of American Art. The following essay was originally published in the spring 2018 issue (vol. 57, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal.

Annette Leddy, the Gilbert and Ann Kinney New York Collector for the Archives of American Art, explores the recently digitized notebooks of Matt Mullican and an artists' multiple he made in collaboration with Allan McCollum, Your Fate. 

Annette Leddy, the Gilbert and Ann Kinney New York Collector, for the Archives of American Art, highlights the Allan Frumkin Gallery Records,  recently acquired by the Archives of American Art. The following essay was originally published in the spring 2018 issue (vol. 57, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal.  

National Collector Josh T. Franco highlights the Juan Sánchez Papers,  recently acquired by the Archives of American Art. The following essay was originally published in the spring 2018 issue (vol. 57, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal. 

Archivist Stephanie Ashley chronicles her experiences working with the Macbeth Gallery Records from processing to digitization. 

This exploration of the correspondence between Aline and Eero Saarinen, by reference specialist Elizabeth Botten, considers why the state of Michigan is so important to their love story.