Reuben Tam on Haleakala Crater, before 1941 / unidentified photographer. Reuben Tam papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Reuben Tam on Monhegan Island, 1946 / unidentified photographer. Reuben Tam papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Notes on Monhegan Island, ca. 1946. Reuben Tam papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Maine landscape sketch, 195-?. Reuben Tam papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. In a 1970 artist statement, Reuben Tam explained that his paintings are “about weather and geology, islands, tides, and light, and the very movement of the earth.” His personal papers, which were donated to the... Continue reading

Mary Fanton Roberts, 1906 Sept. 30 . Mary Fanton Roberts papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. F. Luis (Francis Luis) Mora, New York, N.Y. letter to Mary Fanton Roberts, 1908 Apr. 15 Mary Fanton Roberts papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y. postcard to Mary Fanton Roberts, New York, N.Y., 1918 Jan. 28 . Mary Fanton Roberts papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. One of the most memorable collections that I’ve processed at the Archives of American Art is the Mary Fanton Roberts papers. The papers were donated and microfilmed in 1957, not... Continue reading

The Hiram Powers papers have become the 100th fully digitized collection available to researchers online as part of the Terra Foundation for American Art Digitization Project. Hiram Powers with sculpture bust of the Roman goddess Proserpine, ca. 1861. Hiram Powers Papers, 1819-1953, Hiram Powers papers, 1819-1953, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Andrew Jackson letter to Hiram Powers, December 7, 1835, Hiram Powers Papers, 1819-1953, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. American sculptor Hiram Powers (1805-1873) was born in Woodstock, Vermont, and lived and worked briefly in Washington, D.C. and Boston, before settling permanently with his family in Florence, Italy.... Continue reading