#digitizedcollections

We are happy to announce that the Woman’s Building records (33.4 linear feet/56,567 images) are now online!

https://s.si.edu/2ZmgM33

The Anna Walinska papers have been fully digitized: https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/anna-walinska-papers-6942

Anna Walinska (1906-1997) was a New York artist, teacher and gallery director who traveled widely and is most well known for her paintings related to the subject of the Holocaust.

Her papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, travel diaries, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographs.

The F. Luis Mora papers have been fully digitized: https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/f-luis-mora-papers-5508

 The artists' files of William Henry Holmes have been fully digitized and are available to view online:

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/william-henry-holmes-artists-files-7791

William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) was a curator, museum director, artist, scientific illustrator, archaeologist, geologist, and anthropologist. Holmes served as Curator of the National Gallery of Art from 1907 to 1920 (now known as the National Museum of American Art) and its director from 1920-1932. The artists' files consist mostly of correspondence, but also include a few photographs, artwork in the form of sketches, and printed material. 

The Ray Yoshida papers have been fully digitized and are available to view online: https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/ray-yoshida-papers-16081

Ray Yoshida (1930-2009) was a painter, collagist, and educator in Chicago, Illinois.  The papers include biographical material, personal correspondence, notebooks and writings, teaching records, personal business records, printed material, source material, photographs, sketchbooks, artwork by Yoshida and others, and scrapbooks. Items within the collection also document Yoshida's personal interest in collecting folk art and artifacts.

The papers of New York painters and teachers Josef Presser and Agnes Hart have been fully digitized and available to view online: https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/josef-presser-and-agnes-hart-papers-8949 The collection documents their personal and professional lives as partners, artists, and educators and consists of biographical material, business and personal correspondence, teaching files, printed material, and scattered photographs. The collection also includes writings, personal business records, and artwork by Presser. Photo Credit 1: Photo by Paul Schutzer. Photo of Agnes Hart Presser, Bernice Schutzer and Josef Presser, 1964 June

The business records of gallery director Nathan Halper’s Provincetown galleries have been fully digitized and available to view online: https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/nathan-halper-business-records-9671

Nathan Halper (1907-1983) was an art dealer and gallery director from Provincetown, Massachusetts. The collection relates to Kootz Gallery, H-C Gallery, HCE Gallery, and Sun Gallery - all based in Provincetown. The bulk of the papers consists of correspondence with artists, estate executors, collectors, galleries, and museums. Correspondents include Milton Avery, Anthony Caro, John Murray Cuddihy, Marsden Hartley, Hans Hoffman, Samuel Kootz, Robert Motherwell, David Smith, Richard Stankeiwicz, and many others. The records also include business and financial records, photographs, and printed material.