Robert Gates
Dublin Core
Title
Robert Gates
Subject
American artist Robert Gates
Description
Items related to the life and work of Robert Gates, that do not relate to the Lewisburg, WV or Oakland, MD post office murals.
Creator
Nora Sutton
Source
Items are from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art and National Archives and Record Administration
Publisher
West Virginia University Department of History
Date
1906-1982.
Format
PDFs, JPEG
Language
English
Type
Text, still images
Collection Items
The Section of Fine Arts, Federal Works Agency, Public Buildings Administration - Program description
A letter from the Chief of the Section of Fine Arts, Edward Bruce, explaining the Section's aims and the commission selection process.
My Day
An editorial for the Washington Daily News by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. She writes of attending an exhibition of watercolors, some of which were West Virginia landscapes, by Olin Dows and Robert Gates. Mrs. Roosevelt pondered "a certain grimness"…
Letter from the Treasury Department to Robert Gates, Regarding New Public Works of Art Project
A letter from Edward Bruce, Secretary of the Advisory Committee to Treasury on Fine Arts, to artist Robert Gates. Bruce clarifies that the program is not exclusively a 'relief measure' but also a program to build art as an integral part of American…
Photo of Bethesda, MD Mural in the Evening Star
A photo from the Evening Star, a Washington, DC newspaper, showing Robert Gates' first completed mural in the Bethesda, MD post office. Gates is far left, with Edward Bruce, Secretary Advisory Committee on Fine Arts, to the right.
Robert Gates with Print of Bethesda Post Office Mural
Photo shows artist Robert Gates with a large print of his mural commissioned for the Bethesda, MD post office.
Letter to Mrs. Gates from First Lady Roosevelt's Office
A letter from Mrs. J.M. Helm, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's secretary, inviting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gates to a lecture by Forbes Watson on Treasury Art Projects at the White House.