David C. Ward is an American historian, published poet and author, and civil servant.
He worked on the documentary history project publishing five volumes on the selected papers of artist Charles Willson Peale and his family.
Hide Seek, which opened in 2010, was the first exhibit hosted by a museum of national stature to address the topic and as such invited immediate political attack from conservatives who falsely argued that Hide/Seek was gay propaganda.
In addition to this, Ward did shows on Whitman, Grant & Lee, Lincoln, and Alexander Gardner.
[5] Ward has published two full books of poetry, Call Waiting (2014) and Internal Difference (2011).