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  • Collection: Lewisburg, West Virginia

campmeeting color.jpg
Color illustration depicting a Methodist camp meeting in a wooded area.

campmeeting scene b&W.jpg
An illustration showing a religious revival in a wooded area.

219 House Lburg.jpg
A photo of the Renick House, which sat along U.S. Route 219 in Greenbrier County. The photo helps root the viewer in the landscape of Greenbrier County.

Rainelle, Greenbrier, WV.jpg
A birds-eye view photo of Rainelle, Greenbrier County, a lumber town. Greenbrier County's industrial economy was fueled by lumber, limestone, and coal.

Greenbrier Independent.pdf
An article from the Greenbrier Independent notifying readers that the annual Brushy Ridge Camp Meeting start date was moved back a week due to wet weather. The article also instructs readers on how to claim tent lots and to bring 'good glass…

DSC01086.JPG
The US Post Office in Lewisburg, WV, built with Treasury Department funds during the New Deal. Completed in 1938.

prep for lbrg contract.pdf
Notes from Robert Gates regarding the design and installation of the Lewisburg, WV post office mural, in order to prepare a contract for the project.

lbrg PO to FWA.pdf
A letter from the Lewisburg, WV Postmaster to the Supervising Architect at the Federal Works Agency notifying the agency of the successful and satisfactory installation of "Old Time Camp Meeting" by Robert Gates.

artist notes lbrg.pdf
Notes from Robert Gates on the technical preparation of his mural for the Lewisburg, WV post office.

letter to gates in oakland.pdf
A letter from Edward Rowan, Assistant Chief Section of Fine Arts, to artist Robert Gates, addressed to a summer home in Oakland, MD. The letter was regarding Gates' submitted plans for the Lewisburg, WV post office mural.
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