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This site provides access to the papers of Leon Polk Smith in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2011, and total 396 images.
Blank pages, blank versos of photographs, photographs of artwork, duplicates, and medical and routine financial documents have not been scanned. In most cases, only the cover, title page, and individual relevant pages have been scanned from published materials.
The video recording in this collection was digitized for research access in 2011 and is available at the Archives of American Art offices. Researchers may view the original cassette for the archival notations on it, but the original cassette is not available for playback due to fragility.
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
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Leon Polk Smith papers, 1921-1997. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
This site provides access to the papers of Leon Polk Smith in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2012. The bulk of this collection has been scanned and totals 9,389 images.
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