Van Der Zee in the summer of 2018, and collaboratively managed by her with Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum, and Jeff L.
The complex effort to establish the archive was initiated by Mrs. In recent years, the annual “Expanding the Walls ” exhibition has been presented in The Met’s Ruth and Harold D. Van Der Zee and through its educational and public initiatives, including the program for young photographers “Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photography, History, and Community,” the Studio Museum has introduced generations of new audiences to Van Der Zee’s work, ensuring his cultural legacy. Were it not for their dedicated custodianship, the vast collection-one of the largest holdings of any photographer’s work in the world-would not have been saved for posterity. Van Der Zee, widow of James Van Der Zee, and the Studio Museum have cared for the materials comprising the archive. The James Van Der Zee Archive is the third archive of an American photographer to be acquired by The Met-preceded by the archives of Walker Evans and Diane Arbus, which were acquired by the Museum in 19, respectively-and its first collaboration with a partner institution to safeguard the legacy of an individual artist.įor the last 40 years, Mrs. The archive will comprise approximately 20,000 prints made in his lifetime, 30,000 negatives, studio equipment, and ephemera. The world-renowned chronicler of Black life in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance and for decades thereafter, Van Der Zee was a virtuoso portraitist and one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century.
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Donna Van Der Zee jointly announced today the establishment of the James Van Der Zee Archive at The Met, a landmark collaborative initiative to research, conserve, and provide full public access to the remarkable catalogue of photographs by James Van Der Zee (1886–1983). Major administrative policies, plans, or studies, such as those that address operations or issues of critical agency or government functions, or address issues of public visibility such as the COVID-19 response.(New York, December 7, 2021)-The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Studio Museum in Harlem, and Mrs.Selected records of public relations, including news releases and publications that summarize government positions and response to the public health emergency.Records of counsel's offices that document legal opinions, decisions having long-term precedential value, or the development of laws and regulations.Records of internal meetings related to the government COVID-19 response may also have historical value as evidence of the government’s response to the pandemic
Minutes, hearing records, and selected other records documenting open public meetings, including those of boards, trustees, or governing bodies.Subject and correspondence files and other records of the chief executive and senior leadership, such as heads of state agencies and local government entities.Contact Government Records Services at (518) 474-6926 or assistance. State Archives staff are available to help determine the long-term, archival value of both state agency and local government records. Where applicable, we have provided item numbers from the General Schedule for state agencies (GRS) and the Local Government Schedule (LGS-1). These may guide appraisal and retention decisions to ensure the essential evidence of government activities, decisions, and programs in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency is preserved and available in the future, subject to statutory restrictions on records access and disclosure. The categories listed below are not comprehensive but are likely maintained by many government entities. In addition, certain records normally considered temporary, and eligible for disposal once their retention period has been met, may have enduring historical and research value. Certain categories of records have generally been appraised as archival. The New York State Archives is authorized to identify the official records of government that possess sufficient historical value to warrant their continued preservation (ACAL § 57.05 & 57.27). The New York government response to the COVID-19 public health emergency – at both the state and local level – has resulted in an unprecedented level of documentation, as well as a unique opportunity to ensure the essential evidence of government activity and its impact on communities across the state is preserved and accessible for future generations.
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