Oral history interview with Jacob Baker

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Baker, Jacob, 1817-1896

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Baker (1895-1967) was managing director of Vanguard Press from 1926-1933. He was an official with the Federal Emergency Relief, Civil Works, and Works Progress Administrations from 1933-1937 and was chairman of the U.S. Inquiry on Cooperative Enterprise from 1936-1937. Baker was president of the United Federal Workers of America from 1937-1940 and during World War II was a planning consultant to the Federal Works Agency. He later became chairman of the board of the Economic Forecasting Institute...

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960

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Writer, art director. From the description of Reminiscences of Holger Cahill : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309729309 Art administrator; New York, N.Y. National director of Federal Art Project, administered under Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration). The FAP provided work to unemployed artists. Cahill was the director throughout its existence. ...

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

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Baker, Mildred, 1905-

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Baker was assistant to the director, Holger Cahill, on the Federal Art Project. Prior to that appointment, she worked for College Art Association and a gallery on 57th Street. Baker's early role in FAP was to scout directors for regional programs in Ohio, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa. She later was involved in exhibitions and Community Art Centers. From the description of Mildred Baker interview, 1965 July 22 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80376619 ...