Interviewee:

Hough, Henry W.  Search this

Interviewer:

Doud, Richard Keith  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Writers' Project (Colo.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings: (30 min.), 7 in.)

9 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 June 11

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Henry W. Hough conducted by Richard Doud 1964 June 11, for the Archives of American Art.

Hough speaks of his journalism background; his involvement with the WPA Federal Writers' Project writing a guidebook for the state of Colorado; and the lasting benefits of the WPA's programs.

Biographical / Historical:

State Director of Federal Writers' Project, Colorado.

Provenance:

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.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.hough64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9187469cd-6df1-484b-8923-9a8340787b0e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hough64