Oral history interview with Margaret T. Bruce

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Treasury Relief Art Project.

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The Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) was established in 1935 under the Department of the Treasury with special funds allocated from the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration) to decorate those federal buildings not funded by the Section of Fine Arts and as a relief agency for unemployed, but highly competent artists. The Chief of TRAP was Olin Dows, Forbes Watson was Director, and Cecil H. Jones Assistant Chief, later replacing Dows. From the descrip...

Bruce, Margaret T.,

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Wife of Edward Bruce, administrator of the Treasury Relief Art Project; Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with Margaret T. Bruce, 1963 Oct. 11 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78686326 ...

Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-

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Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943

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Painter, lawyer, businessman, and art director; Washington, D.C. b. 1879, Dover Plains, N.Y.; d. 1943, Washington, D.C. Practiced law in N.Y. and Manila, Philippines; president of Pacific Development Corporation of California; lived and painted in Anticoli Carrado, Italy; director of the Treasury Dept.'s Section of Fine Arts. From the description of Edward Bruce papers, 1902-1960 (bulk 1932-1942). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80468367 ...