No.381, Ruth Draper

Transcript (134 pages) of interview by Everett L. Cooley with Ruth Draper on June 30-July 4, 1992. This interview is no. 381 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape nos. U-1467 and U-1468Interviewer: Everett L. Cooley. Draper (b. 1923) recalls her early life in Ririe, Idaho, her marriage to Delbert Draper, activities with the League of Women Voters and friendship with various Utah Democrats--Scott Matheson, Calvin Rampton, Ted Moss, Wally Sandak and Republican, Norman Bangerter. She discusses her experiences as Director of the Utah Arts Council--1970s-1980s and as a board member for the Western States Arts Federatio