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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Charlotte Aiken and Helen Wool
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.aiken64
- Creators:
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Aiken, Charlotte, C.Doud, Richard KeithWool, Helen D.New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
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1964 April 17
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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56 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Charlotte Aiken and Helen Wool conducted 1964 April 17, by Richard Doud, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Both women discuss working for the Farm Security Administration under Roy Stryker.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Charlotte Aiken was an accountant and Helen Wool was Roy Stryker's secretary in the Farm Security Administration; both are from Washington, D.C. Stryker was director of the FSA photographic survey of rural and urban America during the depression.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 27 min.
Keywords
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Arts administrators -- Washington (D.C.) | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Women arts administrators | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Documentary photography | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
United States. Farm Security Administration.Historical Section.Photographs | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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