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Shumard, Ann

Senior Curator of Photographs

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Shumard, Ann

Senior Curator of Photographs

History of American portrait photography, with an emphasis on nineteenth and early twentieth-century portraiture; African American history and portraiture during the antebellum period, particularly the work of daguerreotypist Augustus Washington

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Selected Publications

  • Article

  • Blog Posting

    • Shumard, Ann M. 2017. "Antebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady." Face-to-Face 2017

  • Book

  • Chapter

    • Thomas, Damion L. and Shumard, Ann M. 2019. "Civil Rights Frontrunner." In Smithsonian American Women: Remarkable Objects and Stories of Strength, Ingenuity, and Vision from the National Collection. Pope, Victoria and Schrum, Christine, editors. 179. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2019
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2016. "Augustus Washington: Daguerreotypist of John Brown." In Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts. Arnoldi, Mary Jo, editor. 223–237. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2016
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2013. "John Brown." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 44–47. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2008. "Augustus Washington." In African American National Biography. 119–120. New York: Oxford University Press. 8 2008

Presentations

  • Exhibit

    • Shumard, Ann M (Curator). 2017. "Antebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady." Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, 2017-06-16 to 2018-06-03..
    • Shumard, Ann M (Curator). 2017. "Double Take: Daguerreian Portrait Pairs." Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, 2016-06-17 to 2017-06-04..
    • Shumard, Ann M (Curator). 2017. "In the Groove: Jazz Portraits by Herman Leonard." Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, 2016-08-26 to 2017-02-20.., Curator
    • Shumard, Ann M (Curator). 2017. "In the Groove: Jazz Portraits by Herman Leonard." Hillerød, Denmark: The Museum of National History, 2018-11-00 to 2019-01-31..
    • Shumard, Ann M (Curator). 2017. "Lincoln's Contemporaries." Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, 2016-05-13 to 2019-05-12..
    • Shumard, Ann M (Curator). 2014. "Yousuf Karsh: American Portraits." National Portrait Gallery: National Portrait Gallery, 2014-05-02 to 2014-11-02..

  • Presentation

    • Shumard, Ann M. 2000. A Durable Memento [presentation]. u6,
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2008. A Work in Progress: Building a Photography Collection for the National Portrait Gallery [presentation]. 20th Annual Daguerreian Society Symposium u6 Washington, DC,
    • Shumard, Ann M. 1999. A scholar, a teacher, and a useful man': The Life and Career of Augustus Washington [presentation]. Augustus Washington in Context, November 20, 1999. Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery.
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2000. Augustus Washington [presentation]. u6,
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2017. Collecting Early Photography for the National Portrait Gallery [presentation]. u6 Washington, DC,
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2019. Highlights Past and Present from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery [presentation]. William P. Foster Centennial Celebration at Florida A&M University, September 12, 2019. Tallahassee, Florida.
    • Shumard, Ann M. 1999. In Search of Augustus Washington [presentation]. Augustus Washington in Context, November 29, 1999. Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery.
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2003. In Search of Augustus Washington, African American Daguerreotypist [presentation]. u6 London,
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2012. In Vibrant Color: Vintage Celebrity Portraits from the Harry Warnecke Studio [presentation]. u6 Lakeland,
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2016. Jazz Portraits by Herman Leonard [presentation]. u6 Washington, DC,
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2008. Photographic Portraits: Powerful Persuaders in the Campaign to Abolish Slavery [presentation]. Teaching American History u6 Dearborn,
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2019. Storied Women of the Civil War Era [presentation]. September 29, 2019. Washington, DC.
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2014. The Civil War Craze for Carte de Visite Photographs [presentation]. u6 Washington, DC,
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2000. The Life and Career of Augustus Washington [presentation]. u6 Washington, DC,
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2004. Women of Our Time [presentation]. u6 Raleigh,
    • Shumard, Ann M. 2019. Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits [presentation]. July 14, 2019. Washington, DC.

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