About the Archives of American Art

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Previous article FreeAbout the Archives of American ArtFull TextPDF Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreFounded in 1954, the Archives of American art fosters advanced research through the accumulation and dissemination of primary sources, unequaled in historical depth and breadth, that document more than 200 years of our nation’s artists and art communities. The Archives provides access to these materials through its exhibitions and publications. An international leader in the digitization of archival collections, the Archives also makes more than 2.5 million digital images freely available online. The oral history collection includes more than 2,300 audio interviews, the largest accumulation of first-person accounts of the American art world. For more information, visit the Archives’ website at http://www.aaa.si.edu.endpapers Sheets of photographic images by Longworth Powers including portraits of his father, Hiram Powers, as well as several of Hiram Powers’s sculptures, ca. 1860s. Hiram Powers Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Previous article DetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Archives of American Art Journal Volume 57, Number 1Spring 2018 Sponsored by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/698345 Views: 78 © 2018 by The Smithsonian Institution. All rights reserved. Crossref reports no articles citing this article.