The Roswell Museum Federal Art Center

Ruth Covey

Initially hired as a gallery attendant, Ruth Covey became acting director when Roland Dickey temporarily left the museum to take care of his mother. She left the WPA at the end of 1939 when she married and became ineligible for employment through the New Mexico Art Program.

References

Roland Dickey to Russell Vernon Hunter, September 29, 1938.
Roland Dickey to Russell Vernon Hunter, October 17, 1938.
Ruth Covey to Russell Vernon Hunter, September 4, 1939.
Ruth Covey to Russell Vernon Hunter, 8 November 8, 1939.


 

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