Collection Information
Size: 1 Sound tape reel, Sound recordings, 5 in.; 22 Pages, Transcript: (on one microfilm reel)
Format: Interviews of Louie H. and Virginia Ewing conducted by S. Loomis are also on this tape.
Summary: An interview of Joy Yeck Finke conducted by Sylvia Loomis on 1964 Jan. 9 for the Archives of American Art.
Fincke speaks of her background in Washington state and Oregon; going to work for the Federal Emergency Releif Administration (later the Works Progress Administration); meeting Vernon Hunter and becoming his secretary; how artists were selected for the project and how work was assigned; the work that was done by the Index of American Design in the Southwest; how Vernon Hunter supervised the project; art centers that were run by the project; community and public perception of the project; and the project's effect on artists' careers; She recalls Patrocino Barela.