Amon Carter Museum of American Art

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art will digitize, document, and present online 40,000 pages of primary-source textual material and objects from the Artist Archives. These unique collections comprise the personal archives of eight prominent American photographers of the 20th century - Carlotta Corpron, Nell Dorr, Laura Gilpin, Eliot Porter, Helen Post, Clara Sipprell, Erwin E. Smith, and Karl Struss. The project will have a tremendous impact on internal collection management, documentation, and intellectual control, while providing external users with a rich educational resource. Free public access to item-level archival records will extend the museum's commitment to public access, demonstrated by free museum admission, free public programs, public library hours, and online access to over 60,000 works of art from the museum's permanent collection. Connecting Artist Archives will serve as the next step toward addressing major institutional needs and fulfilling the museum's mission to support the study and enjoyment of American art.