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The institutional archives of the American Academy in Rome are divided among several locations:
The early administrative archives of the American Academy in Rome (1894‑1957) were deposited at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. These archives have been microfilmed and may be consulted by appointment in the Washington office (tel. 202‑357‑2781; fax 202‑786‑2608; web site http://www.aaa.si.edu/ ) or the New York office (212-399-5015), as well as in the Library of the American Academy in Rome (see below). A finding aid may be found at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/ameracar.htm
Early correspondence and archival material related to the American School of Classical Studies, which was founded in 1895 and merged with the Academy in 1913, are found among the archives of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston University (tel. 617-353-9361; fax 617-353-6550; e-mail aia@bu.edu).
More recent administrative archives of the Academy are housed in the American Academy in Rome’s New York office, 7 East 60th Street, New York, NY. (For access to these Archives, contact Michael Vitale, consulting archivist, at 212-751-7200, ext. 32.) Over 200 cubic feet of records are available for research to the Academy staff and trustees and to the general public. The Archives in New York contain records relative to the functioning of the Academy. There is a comprehensive run of annual reports, Board of Trustees committees, meetings and minutes, by-laws, audits, and other papers that describe the Academy, its mission and organization.
The files are organized into a number of record groups.
Executive files include biographical information, correspondence and subjects, and speeches. A file run contains information regarding former Trustees, professors-in-charge and other important people to the Academy.
Operations files include documentation on administration, development, employment, events, finance, programs, public information and publications. Many of these files date to the beginning of the Academy, although the bulk of the records date from the 1960s and 1970s onward. There is a file on each Fellow, Resident, and Affiliated Fellow from the beginnings of the Academy.
Archival material of related entities and special projects are also collected and include Academy material in other collections, the Advisory Council, the Society of Fellows and oral histories, as well as the efforts related to the Centennial celebration in 1994. The SOF files date back to its beginnings around 1910.
The audio visual materials include artwork, sound recordings, digital media, photographs and a small number of audiovisual recordings. The bulk of the collection is photographs, which date to the founding of the Academy to recent events. There are Plant and Planning files which document the physical aspect of the American Academy in Rome. Printed materials in the Archives include periodic and non-periodic publications of the Academy as well as items published outside the Academy but refer to the Academy, its Fellows and operations. There are reference and history files which document useful or general information about the Academy and its history, including chronological files from the 1980s- 1990s and general fact sheets. Finally, there are a small amount of artifacts and memorabilia that have collected throughout the years. Some of the Board of Trustee and Executive files mentioned above are currently housed at an offsite facililty.
Published annual reports of the American Academy (1911-1968) and of the American School of Classical Studies (1895-1913, published in American Journal of Archaeology) are available in the Library of the Academy in Rome (call 39-06-5846419 for an appointment). The Library also holds a copy of the Archives of American Art microfilms (see above) and a number of special manuscripts in its Rare Book Room, including the diaries of Director Gorham Phillips Stevens from 1911 to 1932. The Library’s Music Collection includes digitized recordings of Academy concerts from 1955 to the present. The Photographic Archive of the American Academy in Rome (39-06-5846281) includes photographic documentation of Academy events, including the annual exhibitions, and individual and collaborative projects from the early 20th century (Fellows’ Work Collection).
Permission to reproduce works from the Academy’s archives must be secured in writing from the appropriate repository above.
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The Temple of Vesta in the Forum (Rome, Italy) (VD.577)
Villa Melzi (Bellagio, Italy) (Masson 1392)
(Parker 2158)
"Woman and Child", sculpture by Harry Poole Camden(FAAR '27) (FW 1062)
Northeastern gate and city wall (Volubilis, Morocco) (FUN.16420)