Staff Voices

Join us we look back on the last ten years of the Archives of American Art Blog. 

Matthew Simms, the Gerald and Bente Buck West Coast Collector, highlights the Eduardo Carrillo Papers, recently acquired by the Archives. The following essay was originally published in the Fall 2019 issue (vol. 58, no. 2) of the Archives of American Art Journal.

Using the papers of artist Chiura Obata, archivist Rihoko Ueno tells the story of how he established art schools at the Tanforan and Topaz incarceration camps during World War II.

Matthew Simms, the Gerald and Bente Buck West Coast Collector, highlights the Ilene Segalove Papers recently acquired by the Archives of American Art. The following essay was originally published in the Spring 2019 issue (vol. 58, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal.

Gilbert and Ann Kinney New York Collector Annette Leddy, highlights the Christine Burgin Gallery Records, recently acquired by the Archives of American Art. The following essay was originally published in the Spring 2019 issue (vol. 58, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal.

Curator of African American manuscripts Erin Jenoa Gilbert highlights the Senga Nengudi Papers, recently acquired by the Archives of American Art. The following essay was originally published in the Spring 2019 issue (vol. 58, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal.

National collector Josh T. Franco highlights the Lee Hall Papers, recently acquired by the Archives. The following essay was originally published in the Spring 2019 issue (vol. 58, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal. 

​​​​Rihoko Ueno interviews artist Louise Jones, known as Ouizi, about the process and inspiration behind her mural Adaptation Nocturne, now on view in our Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery.

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.