Oral history interview with Helen Bess Clarke and James Mitchell Clarke, 1964 June 24
Clarke, Helen Bess,
b. 1904
Size:
Sound recording: 2 sound tape reels ; 5 in.
Transcript: 48 p.
Collection Summary: An interview of Helen Bess Clarke and James Mitchell Clarke conducted 1964 June 24, by Betty Hoag for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
The Clarkes reminisce about their work for the Curriculum Project during the Works Progress Administration.
Biographical/Historical Note: Helen was an educator; James was a writer; San Diego, Calif.
This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.