Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Jacob Baker

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Jacob Baker, 1963 September 25, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.bakerj63
Creators:
Baker, Jacob
Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1963 September 25
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
85 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Jacob Baker conducted by Harlan Phillips on 1963 September 25 for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Baker speaks of his training as an industrial engineer and his early employment history, including involvement with various New Deal bureaus; becoming assistant administrator of the WPA, and his activities; the various WPA projects and their functions. He recalls Holger Cahill and Mildred Baker.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Jacob Baker (1895-1967) was an art administrator in Newark, New Jersey.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/bakerj63.htm
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

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Jacob Baker, 1963 September 25, Transcript

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Jacob Baker, 1963 September 25, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)

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 2 hr., 41 min.

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Federal aid to the arts Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Baker, Mildred, 1905- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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