A New Era of Collaboration and Digitized Resources:
World War II Provenance Research Seminar
May 6-7, 2011
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Friday 6 May 11
9:45/10:00 - 10:30
Sign-in and Continental Breakfast
10:30 - 12:30
Welcome
James Hastings, United States National Archives
Introductory Remarks
Lynn H. Nicholas, Independent Scholar
Presentation of the National Archives Joint International Project
Speakers:
Rebecca Warlow, United States National Archives
Representatives from the United Kingdom, Germany and France: TBD
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch on Your Own
2:00 – 3:00
Using the National Archives Joint International Project for Provenance Research, and
Identifying Additional Relevant Records
Panelists include the above Speakers with Moderators:
Nancy Yeide, National Gallery of Art
Victoria Reed, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
3:00 – 4:00
German Archival Resources and Cooperative Projects
4:00-4:30
Speakers:
Christian Fuhrmeister, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich
Koordinierungsstelle Magdeburg: TBD
Landesarchiv, Berlin: TBD
International Partnerships: Cooperation and Open Exchange
Panelists include the above Speakers and Moderators:
Jane Milosch, Smithsonian Institution
Uwe Hartmann, Arbeitsstelle für Provenienzrecherche/-forschung (to be confirmed)
6:00 Reception, Freer Gallery of Art

Saturday 7 May 11
10:00 - 10:30
Continental Breakfast
10:30 - 12:30
Introductory Remarks
Louisa Wood Ruby, Frick Center for the History of Collecting in America
Presentations of Archival Resources
Speakers:
Christian Huemer, Getty Research Institute
Marisa Bourgoin, Archives of American Art
Michelle Elligott, Museum of Modern Art Archives
Using Archival Resources for Provenance Research
Panelists include the above Speakers with Moderators:
Laurie Stein, Smithsonian Institution
Victoria Reed, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch on Your Own
2:00 - 3:00
Presentations of Archival Resources
Speakers:
Megan Lewis, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie/Bureau Herkomstgezocht: TBD
3:00 -3:30
Discussion: Using Archival Resources for Provenance Research
Panelists include the above Speakers with Moderators:
Nancy Yeide, National Gallery of Art
Laurie Stein, Smithsonian Institution
3:30-4:15
New Projects and Resources
Dorota Chudzicka, Freer and Sackler Galleries Provenance Research Project
Nancy Yeide, Kress Collection Provenance Research Project
Wolfgang Schöddert , Ferdinand Möller Archiv, Berlinisches Galerie
Additional Projects: TBD
4:15-4:30
Concluding Remarks: Lynn H. Nicholas
The seminar is sponsored by the United States National Archives, the Association of Art
Museum Directors, the American Association of Museums and the Smithsonian Institution, with additional support provided by The Samuel H. Kress Foundation.