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Archives of American Art Blog
Read first-hand perspectives from the staff who preserve and document the history of the visual arts in America.
Registrar and collections manager Susan Cary hits a home run with baseball finds from the collections
For American Archives Month, the Archives' staff share the tools that are essential to their work from analog to digital
Oral history interviews conducted with Native artists are highlighted by Ben Gillespie, the Arlene and Robert Kogod Secretarial Scholar for Oral History at the Archives of American Art.
Gerald and Bente Buck West Coast Collector Matthew Simms reflects on two new collections of women artists now at the Archives of American Art.
National collector Josh T. Franco writes about the large addition to the Emanuel Martínez Papers, illuminating his work with incarcerated youth and involvement in the Chicano movement.
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.
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