USNM Curators Annual Report - National Gallery of Art, 1919-20

The Smithsonian American Art Museum collection now holds approximately 43,000 artworks, but how did that world-renowned collection start? Part of the story is told with one line in a 1903 will, bequeathing a small collection to a "national gallery of art." The Harriet Lane Johnston collection renewed the Smithsonian's interest in art--see how that progressed, with this set of 1919-20 annual curator's reports from the National Gallery of Art. This set of notes documents the progress for developing what is now the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Help transcribe this fascinating report for future art history and museum researchers!