|
|
ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ARTSmithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 John W. Smith , Director Founded in 1954, the Archives of American Art exists to foster new research in the history of the visual arts in the United States. It does so by collecting and preserving the letters, notebooks, photographs, and diaries of artists and their descendants; the unpublished writings art historians; the correspondence of art dealers; interviews with artists; and the records of major galleries and art organizations. The world’s largest single source for such information, the Archives comprises more than sixteen million items. Some of the notable twentieth-century collections available at the Archives are the records of the Macbeth Gallery (1892-1954), the Downtown Gallery (1927-1965), and the Betty Parsons Gallery (1946-1980); the Walt Kuhn papers, which include records of The Armory Show; the Edward Bruce and Holger Cahill papers, with documentation on New Deal art programs; and the personal papers of Rockwell Kent, Joseph Cornell, David Smith, Louise Nevelson, Jackson Pollock, and Arthur Dove. Nineteenth-century material includes the William Page, Jervis McEntee, and Hiram Powers papers, and extensive filmed collections of the correspondence of Thomas Cole, Winslow Homer, Asher B. Durand, John Kensett, Mary Cassatt, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Among institutional records on film are those of the Art Students League, the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the American Academy in Rome. The holdings of the Archives are described on the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS). The SIRIS database is available on the Archives' website at www.aaa.si.edu. The Archives is also a member of the Research Libraries Group. Microfilm copies of many of the collections are available at the Archives' offices and through interlibrary loan. A segment of the collection is also available online. The Archives also publishes the Archives of American Art Journal and sponsors symposia and lectures on art history subjects. In addition to its headquarters the Victor Building, Suite 2200, MRC 937, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, the Archives maintains a New York Regional Center at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, Ground Floor, New York, New York 10019. (212) 399-5015. The Archives also has two affiliated research centers for the use of
unrestricted microfilm at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston,
Massachusetts 02117, (617) 539 5400; and the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum,
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, (415) 750 3600. RESEARCH STAFFKIRWIN, Liza, Curator of Manuscripts, 750 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20560-0937. B.A. (1979) The Johns Hopkins University; M.L.S. (1984) Catholic University of America; Ph.D. (1999), University of Maryland, College Park. Research specialties: American art in the 1980s, Latino and African American art, illustrated letters. SMITH, John W., Director, Archives of American Art. B.A. (1980) Southern Illinois University. Research specialties: Post-war American art, Andy Warhol, Artist's papers. |
|
Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study 2007 - 2008 Fellowship and Internship Opportunities Museums, Research Institutes, and Research Offices, includes information on staff and their research specialtiesSmithsonian Research Staff and Affiliated Research Staff E-Mail Directory Office of Research Training and Services Applications
|
|
Last "www. |