For Hispanic Heritage Month, intern Kimberly Yu shares discoveries from the Kathy Vargas papers documenting intersections and exchange between the Chicana/o and Asian American art communities.
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August 15, 2017 | Staff Voices
Acquisitions: Ben Buchanan Photographs of Artists
Curator of manuscripts Mary Savig highlights the Ben Buchanan Photographs of Artists, recently acquired by the Archives of American Art. The following essay was originally published in the spring 2017 issue (vol. 56, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal. -
August 8, 2017 | Staff Voices
Why We Transcribe: Crowdsourcing for Provenance
Archivist Megan Burdi looks at the process of transcription and how it aids research and improves access. -
August 1, 2017 | Staff Voices
Purrfect Matches
Registrar Susan Cary and archivist Rihoko Ueno find real life counterparts to some of the cats featured in our current exhibition. -
July 18, 2017 | Staff Voices
200th Digitized Collection Online!
We are pleased to announce that our 200th fully digitized collection, the Bob Thompson papers, is now available online.