Abel, Donald G.
Arts administratorSeattle, Wash. (Show Bio)
Oral history interview with Don G. Abel, 1965 June 10
Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in.
Transcript: 12 p.
An interview of Don G. Abel conducted by Dorothy Bestor for the Archives of American Art. Abel describes his position as state administrator for the WPA in Washington state, the levels of organization within the WPA, and his relationship with Robert Hinckley, Harry Hopkins, and Robert Bruce Inverarity. He also speaks of Eleanor Roosevelt's visits to Seattle Art Projects and her interest in the work of women artists. He also discusses communist opposition to the WPA, federal appropriations, the transition from Federal Art Project the a Washington State Project and the accomplishments of the WPA.
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.
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