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Detail of color screenshot of Judith Bernstein in front of one of her paintings wearing a black blouse and light-colored, chunky necklace holding her hand up in a fist as if making a point in conversation.

New Collections: Oral History

Ben Gillespie, the Arlene and Robert Kogod Secretarial Scholar for Oral History, reflects on four oral history interviews recently conducted for the Archives of American Art

Martin Johnson Heade, Black-eared Fairy, ca. 1863-1864, oil on canvas, 12 1/4 x 10 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.89. Photography by Dwight Primiano.

Conversations Across Collections: Martin Johnson Heade’s Notebook on Hummingbirds

Poultney Bigelow. Sketch by Poultney Bigelow for Edith Weir (detail), 1884 April 18. Weir family papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

A Hudson River School Legacy: The Weir Family Papers Now Fully Digitized

Emilio Sanchez with children in Puerto Rico, 1964. Emilio Sanchez papers, 1922-2012. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

How Painter Emilio Sanchez Used Travel Snapshots As Aesthetic Experimentation

Photograph of George Tooker, 198-? / unidentified photographer. George Tooker papers, circa 1851-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: George Tooker Papers

Photograph of Charles Caryl Coleman's

Charles Caryl Coleman Rediscovered

Portrait of Henry Ossawa Tanner with a palette, circa 1935 / unidentified photographer. Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978, bulk 1890-1937. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

How a Photograph Solved an Art Mystery

Photograph of Alma Thomas at Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition opening (detail), 1972 / unidentified photographer. Alma Thomas papers, circa 1894-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Alma's Stripes: How An Artist Found Abstraction in Her Work and Her Fashion

Entry for December 12, 1941, Toku Shimomura Diary, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

How Superman and His Grandmother's Diary Inspired Roger Shimomura

Mock Up for mural, 1994. Juan Sánchez papers, 1977-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian

Acquisitions: Juan Sánchez Papers

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