Correspondence of Edward Bruce
name: label: Creator
content: United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
label: Names
content: United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture
label: Names
content: Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943
label: Collection Creator
content: United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts
topic: label: Topic
content: Art and war
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The materials microfilmed are a selected series from the National Archives record group 121 and have been microfilmed in their entirety. AAA also has microfilmed records of the PWAP (reels DC1-13 and DC112-115), which include Bruce's files (reel DC8 in particular).
creator: label: Creator
content: United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts
setName: label: See more items in
content: Section of Fine Arts selected administrative records and correspondence
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bruce was director of the Public Works of Art Project until June 1934 when it became defunct. He was appointed director of the Treasury Dept. Section of Painting and Sculpture in October 1934, and served until his death, including its change of name to Section of Fine Arts in 1938, and its transfer to the Public Buildings Administration of the Federal Works Agency in July 1939, where it remained until it was shut down in June, 1943.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Linear feet ((on 13 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1943
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels DC116-DC128 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the National Archives, Washington, D.C., Public Buildings Administration records, record group 121, Preliminary Inventory entry 124.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence with artists, architects, members of Congress and other individuals, government agencies, and various organizations; interoffice communications concerning the activities of the Section, art programs of the federal government, and related matters. Materials relate to the Public Works of Art Project and Treasury Relief Art Project as well as the Section, government art in time of war, and legislation.