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FYI... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Aikens, Barbara <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 8:06 AM Subject: [archives] Jacques Seligmann & Co. gallery records now available online at aaa.si.edu To: "Archives & Archivists (A&A) List" <[log in to unmask]> The Archives of American Art <http://www.aaa.si.edu/> is very pleased to announce the online availability of the fully digitized Jacques Seligmann & Co. gallery records<http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/jacques-seligmann--co-records-9936>– 203 linear feet of archival records represented by 330, 749 digital files, making it the largest collection digitized by AAA. This project was made possible by the visionary support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art. One of the Archives’ most significant, largest, and frequently requested collections, the Jacques Seligmann & Co. gallery records date from 1904 to 1978 and are a rich primary source for scholars, curators, registrars, and others researching the history of art dealing in Europe and the United States in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth century. Seligmann was an important source of European contemporary art, old masters, sculpture, antiquities, and tapestries for American collectors, and a significant tastemaker in the United States. Nearly every major museum and art collector in the country was a client during the period when American museums and collectors were forming their great collections. The availability of the entirety of the Jacques Seligmann & Co. gallery records presented online in an attractive and easy to navigate contextual interface testifies to the full success of this project. This resource represents a truly transformative archival digitization project that greatly benefits art historians and scholars, as well as the professional archival community by serving as a national model of innovation and efficiency for large scale archival digitization. Barbara D. Aikens Chief, Collections Processing Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Ph: 202-633-7941 email: [log in to unmask] *Mailing Address* Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution PO Box 37012 Victor Bldg., Suite 2200, MRC 937 Washington, DC 20013-7012 o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o The ARCHIVES & ARCHIVISTS (A&A) LIST is sponsored by the Society of American Archivists. The opinions expressed on the A&A List do not necessarily represent those of SAA and are not endorsed by the Society. To post to the list, send messages to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe or to modify your subscription settings, log in at: http://www.archivists.org/listservs/change.asp To read the list archives: September 2006 to Present: http://forums.archivists.org/read/?forum=archives April 1993 to September 2006: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html To view the A&A List Terms of Participation, visit: http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp A&A List Coordinator: Meghan Petersen [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~