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Mountain people, Garrett County, Maryland
A photo of three men and one boy living in Garrett County, MD, during the Great Depression.
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.
Untitled photo of Robert Gates
Photo of a young Robert Gates.
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.
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.
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…
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"…
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.