The collection is arranged into 6 series. Each series is arranged chronologically. Series 1: Correspondence, 1934-1986 (Box 1; 12 folders) Series 2: Artwork, 1935-1965 (Box 1; 12 folders) Series 3: Notes and Writings, 1939-1984 (Box 1; 7 folders) Series 4: Scrapbook, 1938-1961 (Box 1; 3 folders) Series 5: Printed Material, 1935-1988 (Box 1; 20 folders) Series 6: Photographs, 1934-1976 (Box 1; 19 folders)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
Summary:
The papers of Washington, D.C. painter Margaret Casey Gates date from 1934-1988, and measure 1.0 linear foot. Gates' papers document her work as a painter, her projects for the New Deal federal arts programs, the Phillips Memorial Gallery and its art school, where she attended school and later worked as secretary and where her husband Robert Franklin Gates was a teacher, and the Washington, D.C. arts scene. Found are scattered correspondence, seven sketchbooks by Gates and two sketchbooks of her divorced husband Robert Franklin Gates. Miscellaneous notes and writings, a scrapbook, printed material, and photographs of Gates, her husband, friends, artwork, and views of the Virgin Islands are also included in the papers.
Citation:
Margaret Casey Gates papers, 1934-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Related Materials:
Also found in the Archives of American Art are the papers of Gates' divorced husband Robert Franklin Gates dating from 1910-1988.
Biography Note:
Margaret Casey was born in 1903 in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. She studied art in the studio of Bertha Perry, and from 1924 to 1926 at the Corcoran Art School. She later studied under Henry Varnum Poor at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The Margaret Casey Gates papers were a bequest from Gates' estate in 1994, executed by her niece Joyce D. Svedberg.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001