The Archives of American Art formally joins the Smithsonian as a bureau. Regional branch offices are located in New York, Detroit, San Francisco, and Washington, and field offices are located in Boston and Santa Fe. The Archives was founded in 1954 in Detroit as an independent research institution committed to collecting art history documentation to encourage scholarship in the visual arts in this country from the 18th century to the present time. More - https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_1097.