Lynda Roscoe Hartigan papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe
label: Names
content: Smithsonian American Art Museum
label: Names
content: Hemphill, Herbert Waide
label: Names
content: Rosenak, Chuck
label: Names
content: Rosenak, Jan
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum curators -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Museum curators -- Canada -- Toronto
label: Topic
content: Folk art
label: Topic
content: African American art
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2020 by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lynda Roscoe Hartigan (1950- ) is deputy director for collections and research and chief innovation officer at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Hartigan was formerly chief curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. and developed the museum's American folk art and African American art collections.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1970- circa 2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hartilynd
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Lynda Roscoe Hartigan papers measure 25.8 linear feet and date from circa 1970-circa 2000. The material documents Hartigan's career as curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Included are project, exhibition and subject files relating to the Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr. and the Chuck and Jan Rosenak collections at SAAM, exhibitions at SAAM, Folk Art, and Black Art. Material includes correspondence, interviews, audio visual material, photographs, negatives, slides, writings and printed material.