Baldwin, Calvin Benham, b. 1902 d. 1975
Washington, D.C., Conn. (Show Bio)C. B. (Calvin Benhan) Baldwin interview, 1965 Feb. 25
Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel ; 7 in.
Transcript: 34 p. (on one microfilm reel)
Reel(s): 3418
An interview of C.B. Baldwin conducted by Richard K. Doud. Baldwin speaks of his family's influence on his development; working in Washington, D.C. with Rexford Tugwell for the Department of Agriculture;
the New Deal projects which led to the formation of the Farm Security Administration; the photography project of the Farm Security Administration; finding photographers for the project; the usefulness of the work produced by the FSA. He recalls Roy Stryker.
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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