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
Positions
- Senior Curator, Department of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery 2001 -
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Scripps College
Research And Grants
Investigator On
Publications
Presentations
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Presentation
- Shumard, Ann M. 2000. A Durable Memento [presentation]. u6,
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 2019. Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits [presentation]. July 14, 2019. Washington, DC.
Affiliation
Member Of
- Association of Art Museum Curators Member
- The Daguerreian Society Member
Contact
Location
- National Portrait Gallery Department
