The School of the Art Institute of Chicago was founded as a joint institution with the museum and provides a range of degree programs in fine and applied arts and design and related disciplines. The John M. Flaxman Library's Special Collections division houses several archival collections by and about artists. Brief descriptions are available online; for some records in this web resource, information was supplied by the librarian.
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The Archives of American Art collects primary source materials—original letters, writings, preliminary sketches, scrapbooks, photographs, financial records and the like—that have significant research value for the study of art in America.
Find out how to give your papers, records, recordings, or other primary source material to the Archives of American Art.
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.
Original material can be consulted by appointment in our Washington, D.C. Headquarters.
Copies of unrestricted microfilm materials can be obtained through one of our affiliated research centers.
