Collections
A partial listing of collections holding Edgar Yaeger works:
MUSEUMS
Smithsonian Institute, Archives of American Art, Washington DC – Preliminary WPA mural
Sketches, business and personal papers, approximately 80 newspaper clippings
Windsor Art Museum, Windsor, Canada – Watercolor in permanent collection
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI – 36 pieces in permanent collection
Eli and Edy Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI – Eight preliminary WPA sketches for Grosse Pointe South High School Murals
The Wolfsonian Foundation, Miami Beach, FL – Four preliminary WPA sketches
COMMISSIONED GOVERNMENT WORKS
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, 1934-1943
Brodhead Naval Armory, Detroit, MI – Mural depicting Great Lakes warships through 1940
Public Lighting Commission Building, Detroit, MI – Mural depicting the historical development of electric light,
Mr. Yeager restored the 8' x 12' WPA Mural and it is now located in the entry of Michigan State University Student Union
Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe, MI – Mural
Ford Grammar School, Highland Park, MI – Mural
Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, MI – Children’s Ward Mural (now destroyed)
Western Market, Detroit, MI – Bas Relief (now destroyed)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – West Quad Dormitory Mural
COMMISSIONED PRIVATE WORKS
Hotel Ponchartrain, Detroit, MI – Watercolors
Moroun Nursing Home, Detroit, MI – Murals
Scarab Club, Detroit, MI – Exterior Façade Mosaic
Vernier Building (Old City Hall), Grosse Pointe Shores, MI – Mural
Kennedy Memorial Library, Harper Woods, MI – Oil Painting
Clinton Gables, Mt. Clemens, MI – Mural
Plante, Moran & Co., Southfield, MI – Mosaic
Hotel de Ville, Maastricht, The Netherlands – Stained Glass
CHURCHES
St. Edwards, Birmingham, MI – Mosaic
St. Bonaventure Monastery, Detroit, MI – Mosaic
Grosse Pointe Memorial Church, Grosse Pointe, MI – Mosaics
Assumption Greek Church, Grosse Pointe, MI – Mosaic
St. Martin of Tours, Grosse Pointe, MI – Mosaics and bronze dove
Church of the Annunciation, Detroit, MI – Mosaic
St. Charles Church, Newport, MI – Mosaic
Edgar Yaeger’s work is also represented in private collections in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington D.C., Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.