My Day

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Title

My Day

Subject

Eleanor Roosevelt editorial

Description

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" of the West Virginia landscapes brought on by the knowledge of human suffering in the area.

Creator

Eleanor Roosevelt

Source

Washington Daily News, via Smithsonian Archives of American Art

Publisher

West Virginia University Department of History

Date

February 5, 1938.

Contributor

Nora Sutton

Rights

Items created by the federal government or its employees fall under fair use.

Format

JPG

Language

English

Type

Text

Coverage

art, watercolor, West Virginia, Eleanor Roosevelt, New Deal, Robert Gates

Text Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Files

Eleanor Roosevelt Editorial 2.5.1938 copy.jpg
Date Added
April 10, 2016
Collection
Robert Gates
Item Type
Text
Citation
Eleanor Roosevelt, “My Day,” For the People: New Deal Art Along Highway 219, accessed May 18, 2024, https://wvnewdealart.omeka.net/items/show/20.