Oral history interview with Howard Thomas and Harold Wescott

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Oral history interview with Howard Thomas and Harold Wescott

1965 June 3

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An interview of Howard Thomas and Harold Wescott conducted 1965 June 3, by Richard Doud, for the Archives of American Art. They speak of their professional backgrounds and early affiliations with the Public Works of Art Project; their involvement with the WPA Handicraft project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the project's effect on the community; the political effect; Milwaukee as an art center; the effect of the WPA on artists' careers; and government support for the arts. Wescott recalls Frank Lloyd Wright.

Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel (50 min.) ; 7 in.Transcript: 14 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7559484

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Federal Art Project (Wis.)

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Milwaukee Handicraft Project.

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Public Works of Art Project.

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Cecil Jones was the business director of the PWAP. From the description of Correspondence and related records of Cecil Jones, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181044 Rowan was the assistant technical director of the PWAP. He worked closely with Edward Bruce, the director of the PWAP. From the description of Correspondence and personal files of Edward P. Rowan, 1934-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181019 Federally funded a...

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

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Architect, designer; Illinois, Wisconsin and Arizona. From the description of Frank Lloyd Wright textile design studies, [ca. 1955]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122971 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American Architect internationally recognized for his distinctive Prairie Style houses, innovative building design, Taliesin school and fellowships, and philosophy of "organic architecture." From the guide to the Frank Lloyd Wright Miscel...

Wescott, Harold, 1911-

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Federal Art Project (Wis.)

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Milwaukee Handicraft Project.

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Doud, Richard Keith

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Art historian; Washington, D.C. From the description of Richard Keith Doud papers, 1963-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557238 ...

Thomas, Howard, 1899-1971

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Howard Wilbur Thomas was an artist and teacher, professor and administrator of Wisconsin State Teachers College, 1930-1942; the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1942-1943; Agnes Scott College, 1943-1945; and the University of Georgia, 1945-1965. From the description of Howard Thomas papers, 1888, 1895, 1899-1974 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26319518 Howard Thomas (1899-1971) and Harold Wescott (1911- ) were art administrators with the Public Works of Art Proj...