Boudreau, Joan
Curator
History of printmaking; history of printing; environmental history; government printmaking & the American West.
Positions
- Curator, Graphic Arts Collection, National Museum of American History
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Boston College
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Boudreau, Joan. 2022. "The New York Illustrated News: Wood Engraved Printing Blocks from the Civil War." On Paper, 1, (13) 9–15. 2022
- Boudreau, Joan. 2021. "A Confederate States of America Register of Vessels." Printing History, (29/30) 37–45. 2021
- Boudreau, Joan. 2019. "Backroom Stories: The graphic (art) tale of the U.S. Exploring Expedition's report." The Torch, Feb 21, 2019, Washington, DC. 2019
- Boudreau, Joan. 2012. "The Portable Press and Field Printing During the American Civil War." Printing History, (n.s. no.12) 3–26. 2012
- Boudreau, Joan. 2008. "Publishing the U.S. Exploring Expedition: The Fruits of the Glorious Enterprise." Printing History, the Journal of the American Printing History Association (New Series), (3) 25–40. 2008
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Blog Posting
- Boudreau, Joan. 2023. "Artistic Inspiration in the Face of a Pandemic." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Mar 9, 2023. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/artistic-inspiration. 2023
- Boudreau, Joan. 2021. "Clifford Berryman and the Teddy Roosevelt African Expedition." O Say Can You See? Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Aug 24, 2021. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/berryman-and-roosevelt. 2021
- Boudreau, Joan. 2021. "Gus Arriola and Gordo, agents of Mexican culture." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Nov 16, 2021. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/gus-arriola-and-gordo. 2021
- Boudreau, Joan. 2019. "Kerr Eby and the First World War." O Say Can You See? Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Dec 20, 2019. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/kerr-eby. 2019
- Boudreau, Joan. 2017. "Soldier-printers' interjections of encouragement on the Civil War battleground." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Jul 25, 2017. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/printers-encouragement-civil-war. 2017
- Boudreau, Joan. 2016. "Earth Day and You." O Say Can You See Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History. Apr 22, 2016. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/earth-day-and-you. 2016
- Boudreau, Joan. 2015. "The Book Boom: Early Bookbinding inventions." O Say Can You See Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History. Oct 1, 2015. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/book-boom-early-bookbinding-inventions. 2015
- Boudreau, Joan. 2014. "Did this Civil War printing press spread the news of General Lee's farewell?" O Say Can You See? Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History. Apr 9, 2014. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2014/04/did-this-civil-war-printing-press-spread-the-news-of-general-lees-farewell.html. 2014
- Boudreau, Joan. 2014. "Did this press print Confederate currency?" O Say Can You See? Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History. Apr 8, 2014. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2014/04/did-this-press-really-print-confederate-currency.html. 2014
- Boudreau, Joan. 2014. "So you want to curate an exhibit about the 1960s?" O Say Can You See? Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History. Jun 30, 2014. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2014/06/so-you-want-to-curate-an-exhibit-about-the-1960s.html. 2014
- Boudreau, Joan. 2014. "The Ramage Printing Press: A Confederate Mystery." O Say Can You See? Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History. Apr 8, 2014. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2014/04/what-post-civil-war-newspaper-was-printed-using-the-ramage-press-between-about-1873-and-1893.html. 2014
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Chapter
- Boudreau, Joan. 2013. "Printing Presses in Action." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 182–183. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
- Henson, Pamela M. and Boudreau, Joan. 2013. "The Wartime Patent Office." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 124–127. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
- Boudreau, Joan. 2013. "Woodblock Printing." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 210–211. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
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Webpage
- Boudreau, Joan. 2021. Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection: Printing, Embossing, Stamping, and Duplicating Devices. Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection: Printing, Embossing, Stamping, and Duplicating Devices. Jan 1, 2021 Smithsonian Institution. 2021
- Boudreau, Joan. 2020. Printing at Home. Printing at Home. Jan 1, 2020 Smithsonian Institution. 2020
- Boudreau, Joan. 2016. John Wells: Hand Press Innovator. Printing History. Moxon, Paul, editor. American Printing History Association. 2016
- Boudreau, Joan. 2015. A Civil War Press Pass for William Conant Church. American Printing History Association. Jan 26, 2015 American Printing History Association. 2015
- Boudreau, Joan. 2015. Comic Art. Comic Art. MacArthur, Matt, editor. Jan 1, 2015 National Museum of American History. 2015
- Boudreau, Joan. 2014. California Mission Postcards. MacArthur, Matt, editor. Jan 1, 2014 National Museum of American History. 2014
- Boudreau, Joan and Mansfield, Patricia. 2014. The Early Sixties: American Culture. MacArthur, Matt, editor. Jul 1, 2014 National Museum of American History. 2014
- Boudreau, Joan. 2013. Invention and the Patent Model. MacArthur, Matt, editor. Jan 1, 2013 National Museum of American History. 2013
- Boudreau, Joan. 2013. Patent Models: Graphic Arts. MacArthur, Matt, editor. Jan 1, 2013 National Museum of American History. 2013
Contact
Location
- National Museum of American History Department
