This collection has a finding aid which allows users to navigate to specific parts of the collection. To explore this collection, use either the expandable links in the sidebar or through the container inventory located in the Contents and Arrangement. Digitized materials will be indicated with the 
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A PDF of the entire finding aid can be found on the Overview page.
You can request an appointment to view materials in the Washington, D.C. reading room or to receive reproductions. Requests can be made as you navigate through the collection on either the series description page (found through Contents and Arrangement) or on individual folders.
The bulk of the collection was digitized in 2021 and is available on the Archives of American Art website. Items not digitized include duplicates, blank versos of photographs, and some publications for which only covers and relevant pages may be digitized. Additionally, financial records in Series 7, artifacts in Series 12, the Robert Smithson personal library have not been digitized. Some oversized material could not be digitized due to size.
Some of the film and video recordings in this collection have been copied for research access and are available in the Archives of American Art offices.
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
The Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, holds the intellectual property rights, including copyright, to all materials created by Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt with the exception of the following items: two holiday cards found in box 11, folders 22-23. For these two items, copyright held by Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Requests for permission to reproduce should be submitted to ARS.
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Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt papers, 1905-1987, bulk 1952-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
This site provides access to the papers of Robert Smithson in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2022, and total 10,062 images.
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