David E. Haberstich, Photographs at the Smithsonian Institution, A History. Picturescope 32 Summer 1985 (1): 4-20, p. 13.
Summary:
After the retirement of Dr. Arthur J. Olmsted, Alexander J. Wedderburn, a popular photography columnist for the Washington Star, was appointed curator of the Division of Photography, Division of Graphic Arts, United States National Museum.