Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943
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content: Edward Bruce papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.5 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-6)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1921-1957
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brucedwa, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The Correspondence series is arranged into 2 subseries:

Subseries 2.1: Alphabetical Correspondence, circa 1921-1957

Subseries 2.2: Chronological Correspondence, circa 1928-1942
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Well over one-half of the collection is comprised of Edward Bruce's personal and professional correspondence, the bulk of which dates from 1932 to 1942, the period Bruce worked as the Chief of the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. His official work and activities in this capacity are well-documented through an abundance of correspondence with other government officials and colleagues concerning the Section of Fine Art's programs, projects, and commissions, and other federal government art programs and public art projects. There is also correspondence relating to Bruce's role on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission. Bruce's extensive correspondence with Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt about public art projects is found in this series. 

There is also personal and business correspondence with many artists, dealers, museums, galleries, and arts associations. A great deal of this correspondence concerns Bruce's own artwork, his personal art collection, and his role as a juror for many art exhibitions.