Rose Valland at the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point, 1946 April 24. Thomas Carr Howe papers, 1932-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Rose Valland and Edith Standen inspecting a statue at Wiesbaden Collecting Point, 1946 May 24. Thomas Carr Howe papers, 1932-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Map of paintings looted from Holland, returned through the efforts of the United States Armed Forces, circa 1946. Andrew Carnduff Ritchie papers, 1907-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Yasuo Kuniyoshi speech, "Civilization besieged: The artists' role in war", circa 1942. Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers, 1906-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Artists Talk on Art. Art and war open mic, 1991 March 8. Artists Talk on Art records, circa 1974-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
All the banners wave : art and war in the romantic era, 1792- 1851 : an exhibition by the Department of Art, Brown University, Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, February 26 through March 28, 1982
United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts Search this
Extent:
6 Linear feet ((on 13 microfilm reels))
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1934-1943
Scope and Contents:
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.
Biographical / Historical:
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.
Provenance:
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).
