Lines of discovery: 225 years of American drawings

Foreword and acknowledgements : American drawings in the Columbus Museum / Charles T. Butler

Introduction : the discovery of American drawings / Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.

Commentary : a collector's point of view : why American drawings? / Philip L. Brewer

1. From European traditions to the emergence of a new and united country

2. American Renaissance and cosmopolitan outlook

3. Progressive and avant-garde artists

4. Regionalism, socialism, and American visions

5. Postwar modernism and a resurgence in realism.