Thomas, Howard WIlber, b. 1899 d. 1971
Educator, Painter, PrintmakerGa., N.C. (Show Bio)
Howard Thomas and Harold Wescott interview, 1965 June 3
Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel (50 min.) ; 7 in. Transcript: 14 p. (on one microfilm reel)
Reel(s): 3949
An interview of Howard Thomas and Harold Wescott conducted by Richard Doud. 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, Wisc.; 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.
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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