Gerald S. Foster papers
name: label: Creator
content: Foster, Gerald Sargent, 1900-
label: Names
content: Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943
label: Names
content: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
topic: label: Topic
content: Muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986 by Gerald Foster.
creator: label: Creator
content: Foster, Gerald Sargent, 1900-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Muralist, painter, illustrator. Died 1987. Studied at Princeton, at the National Academy of Design, and at the Art Students League. Worked for the Section of Painting and Sculpture of the Treasury Department. His post office mural in Freehold, N.J. made a favorable impression on Roosevelt, who encouraged him in his work on another mural in Pougkeepsie, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Items (linear ft.( 58 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fostgera
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3894 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers concerning murals by Foster, including a letter, 1938, and memo, 1937, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Edward Bruce regarding Foster's murals for the post office in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (completed under the Section of Painting and Sculpture of the Treasury Department, 1938).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also includes clippings and photographs concerning Foster's W.P.A. post office murals in Cranford, Freehold, and Millburn, N.J., and in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; and an autobiographical speech about portrait painting, "Reflections of an Artist," 1982.