Capturing The History of American Art For Public Access
Capturing The History of American Art For Public Access
2 PagesHistory F ounded in Detroit in 1954 by Edgar P . Richardson, then Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, and Lawrence A. Fleischman, a Detroit executive and active young art collector, the initial goal of the Archives was to serve as a microfilm repository of archival papers housed in private hands and other institutions. This mis- sion expanded quickly to include collecting and preserving original material. In 1970, the Archives j
