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Now available online at the Archives of American Art- Smithsonian Institution, December 2017. Finding aids: Nancy Davidson papers, 1970s-2016<https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/nancy-davidson-papers-17402> Nancy Davidson (1943- ) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and installation art in New York, New York. Davidson was a participant in the feminist art magazine, "Heresies." Richard Dempsey papers, 1929-1989<https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/richard-dempsey-papers-19291989-9942> Richard W. Dempsey (1909-1987) was a painter known primarily for his abstract works and his portraits of prominent African American individuals including Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Thurgood Marshall, and Adam Clayton Powell. Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, and Lay family papers, 1789-2000, bulk circa 1870s-1996<https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oliver-ingraham-lay-charles-downing-lay-and-lay-family-papers-6011> Charles Downing Lay (1898-1956) was a landscape planner, architect, and painter in New York, New York. Charles D. Lay was the Landscape Architect for the City of New York and was one of the founders of the professional journal, "Landscape Architecture." Oliver Ingraham Lay (1845-1890) was a painter of portraits and genre scenes in Stratford, Connecticut. Los Angeles Museum of Art / Roger Wong Gallery records, 1966-1988<https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/los-angeles-museum-art--roger-wong-gallery-records-6530> Los Angeles Museum of Art / Roger Wong Gallery (1974-1983) was and art gallery in Los Angeles, California, operated by Roger Wong. The Gallery opened in the mid-1970's, perhaps 1974, under the name "Roger Wong Gallery". Around 1978, the name changed to the "Los Angeles Museum of Art," located at Beverly and Vermont. Primarily exhibiting avant-garde art, the Gallery closed in 1982-1983. Arnold Mesches papers, circa 1940-2015<https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/arnold-mesches-papers-17447> Arnold Mesches (1923-2016) was a painter in Los Angeles, California, New York, and Gainesville, Florida. Robin Tewes papers, 1950-2016<https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/robin-tewes-papers-17334> Robin Tewes (1950- ) is a painter and educator in New York, New York. Tewes teaches at the School of Visual Arts, New York, New York. John Brantley Wilder papers, 1937-circa 1979<https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/john-brantley-wilder-papers-8675> John Brantley Wilder (1909?-1990) was a painter, journalist, and civil rights activist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Worked for the Federal Art Project of the WPA. Hale Woodruff papers, 1920-1977, bulk 1960s-1970s<https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/hale-woodruff-papers-9368> Hale Aspacio Woodruff (1900-1980) was a painter, muralist, and arts educator in Atlanta, Georgia and New York, New York. Established one of the earliest art departments in a black college at Atlanta University during the 1930's. Zarina Hashmi papers, 1950-2015<https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/zarina-hashmi-papers-16265> Zarina Hashmi (1937-) is an artist living in New York and India. Hashmi produces works in many forms, primarily using paper. Judith Zilczer papers, 1973-1995<https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/judith-zilczer-papers-16243> Judith Zilczer (1948-) is an art historian, author, and Curator Emerita of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. Papers relating to art commissioned for the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1992-1998<https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/papers-relating-to-art-commissioned-ronald-reagan-building-and-international-trade-center-6241> Judith Zilczer (1948- ) is a curator at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center at Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Streets was most expensive federal building ever constructed, with a price tag of more than $818 million. The Archives of American Art is the world's pre-eminent and most widely used research center dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary sources that document the history of the visual arts in America. 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