Resources
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Archives of American Art
A copy of the unrestricted microfilm collection of the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art is located in the Katharine Hanrahan American Art Study Center at the de Young. It is available to researchers with a specific focus of study by appointment only. Visit the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art for more information, or search their collection catalog.
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By appointment onlyContact
Lauren Palmor
Associate Curator, American Art
lpalmor@famsf.orgThomas Pollock Anshutz, American (1851–1912). The Ironworkers' Noontime (detail), 1880. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd. 1979.7.4
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Joan Diehl McCauley Textile Study Center
The Joan Diehl McCauley Textile Study Center is located at the de Young on the second floor, adjacent to the Textile Gallery, and is available to researchers with a specific focus of study by appointment only. The Textile Study Center supports the educational mission of the Fine Arts Museums through scholarship in textiles and costumes from traditions around the world. The materials comprising the Textile Study Center’s research collection reflect the breadth and diversity of the Museums’ costume and textile arts collection, which contains over 13,000 objects.
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By appointment onlyContact
Laura L. Camerlengo
Curator in Charge, Costume and Textile Arts
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Katharine Hanrahan American Art Study Center
The Katharine Hanrahan American Art Study Center is located at the de Young. It is available to researchers with a specific focus of study by appointment only. Resources of the Katharine Hanrahan American Art Study Center include a copy of the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art on microfilm (unrestricted material only); various 19th-century American periodicals on microform; printed materials relating to American art history, artists, and exhibitions; and object and artist files relating to the Fine Arts Museums’ American art collection.
Hours
By appointment only
Contact
Lauren Palmor
Associate Curator, American Art
lpalmor@famsf.orgFrederic Edwin Church, American (1826–1900), Rainy Season in the Tropics (detail), 1866. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection. 1970.9
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Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Study Center
The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts houses our collection of works on paper. Many of these can be viewed by qualified researchers and classes of up to 12 students in the Legion of Honor’s George Roberts Seminar Room by appointment. Appointments to view objects from the collection can be requested by filling out this form. See our guidelines for class visits here.
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Thursdays, 10 am to 4 pmContact
Furio Rinaldi
Curator in Charge, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
frinaldi@famsf.orgAlbrecht Dürer, The Four Horsemen, fourth plate from the series The Apocalypse (detail), 1497–1498 (1511 edition). Woodcut, Image: 15 1/2 x 11 in (393 x 279 mm) trimmed; Sheet: 15 1/2 x 11 in (393 x 279 mm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, William H. Noble Bequest Fund, 1979.1.50.5
