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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.

You can help make digitized historical documents more findable and useful by transcribing their text.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.