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| | EH.Net Encyclopedia: Works Progress Administration |
 | | The agency prepared a “Guide to Eligibility of WPA Projects” which was made available to the states. | | | The WPA required the states to provide some of their own resources to finance projects but a specific match was never stipulated -- a fact that would later become a source of contentious debate. | | | Hopkins and Roosevelt proposed that WPA compensation be based on a “security wage” which would be an hourly amount greater than the typical relief payment but less than that offered by private employers. |
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http://eh.net/encyclopedia/?article=couch.works.progress.administration
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| | Handbook of Texas Online: WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION |
| | Activities of the Work Projects Administration in any given area of the country were dependent on the needs and skills of the persons on relief in that area, since the main prerequisite for WPA employment was one's certified relief status. | | | According to its regulations anyone employed by the WPA had to be the economic head of his family and had to be certified as destitute on the rolls of the Texas Relief Commission. | | | Harry Hopkins, who had been chief of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration during 1933 and 1934, was appointed head of the new WPA, which succeeded these organizations. |
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http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/WW/ncw1.html
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| | Legal Ownership of WPA Art |
| | For example, if a WPA work was allocated to be displayed in a public building by a state agency, and the state agency could no longer display the work, the legal rights to the work retained by the federal government would come into play. | | | A copy of the combined inventory of all of the work done under the project shall be sent to the Federal Civil Works Administration. | | | The receiving agency or institution received legal title to the works of art limited by the purpose stated in the allocation forms and by the regulations. |
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http://www.wpamurals.com/legalown.htm
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| | American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 - 1940 |
| | The Library of Congress collection includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300 writers from 24 states. | | | Typically 2,000-15,000 words in length, the documents consist of drafts and revisions, varying in form from narrative to dialogue to report to case history. | | | The Library of Congress does not endorse the views expressed in these collections, which may contain materials offensive to some readers. |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html
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| | Design Services for Mid-Range Projects - Public Works - Department of Administration |
| | The response to the request should identify the specific types of projects the firm is qualified for or wants to be considered for. | | | The Division of Public Works currently maintains contracts for geotechnical, surveying and testing services, and these services typically will be independent of the design services. | | | Based on Council action, a notice of intent to negotiate will be issued by the Division of Public Works, Department of Administration in accordance with prescribed procedures. |
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http://www2.idaho.gov/adm/pubworks/rfp/midrangerfp.htm
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| | Correspondence re: funds due the state on the Public Works Administration grant. | | | Senate Document No.25: "Pending Non-Federal P.W.A. Projects," Letter from the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works. | | | Correspondence re: labor disputes on the Will Rogers Courts apartments project. |
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http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/ThomasLegInventory/Etproj14.htm
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| | Works Projects Administration: Slave Narratives |
| | I hope that I have been able to present the issues in regard to the slave narratives of the WPA. | | | If they wished to be involved with the slave narratives they would have to be well educated, that is they would have to be able to both read and write. | | | Since slavery no longer existed in the United States, and had not since the end of the civil war, former slaves would provide these narratives. |
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http://www.arches.uga.edu/~mgagnon/students/3090/04SP3090-Andrade.htm
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| | NOPL: WPA Photograph Collection |
| | Most WPA projects were carried out by local and state governments using funds provided by Washington. | | | Listed below are the projects included in the collection. | | | A considerable amount of the agency's varied activities in New Orleans and throughout the state was documented by WPA photographers. |
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http://nutrias.org/photos/wpa/wpaphotos.htm
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| | Ancestry.com - The Works Projects Administration |
| | Work Projects Administration" under which I found several general bibliographies, as well as locally specific resources for various states. | | | WPA took me to another header for "United States. | | | Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the helm as president in 1933, while the United States was engulfed in the Great Depression. |
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http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/793.asp
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| | History of the Work Projects Administration |
| | The Federal Writers' Project was brought to be under the direction of Henry A Alsberg. | | | Previous attempts at getting the Depression under control had failed with the creation of several agencies such as the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), the Public Works Administration (PWA), and the Civil Works Administration (CWA). | | | The Work Projects Administration was created on May 6, 1935. |
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http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/virtual_tour2002/RebeccaSmith/history_of_the_work_projects_adm.htm
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| | civil works administration Information |
| | The Civil Works Administration was a subdivision of the Federal Emergency Relief... | | | New Deal Network Photo Gallery: Federal Agencies Civil Works Administration. | | | The Civil Works Administration was established by the New Deal during the Great Depression to create make work jobs... |
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http://www.office-101.info/civil-works-administration
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| | RG 954.000 - Illinois Historical Records Survey of the Work Projects Administration |
| | File also includes lists of appellate court cases, sixty-two black-and-white photographs/photostats of federal records, and Historical Records Survey manuals on inventory and editing procedures. | | | File also includes various lists of enacted laws and bibliographies on coal, banking, religion, and historical sources in Illinois as well as copies of published articles on these subjects. | | | Essays on county offices often are in final draft form. |
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http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/di/954__002.htm
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| | RootsWeb: BEERS-L WPA - Works Projects Administration |
| | I have a copy of my grandfather's Form SS-5 from Social Security which lists his current employer as W.PA. 4955 Unit # 2 and also lists a US Employment registration card number. | | | Does anyone on the list know if there is a address to write to for any records that might be available through the federal government for his employment with the WPA? | | | This was filled out and signed on May 22, 1937. |
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http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BEERS/2000-05/0957714765
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| | now: civil works administration |
| | Hopkins, who had been chief of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration during 1933 and 1934, was appointed head of the new WPA, which succeeded these... | | | The Federal Aviation Administration is responsible for the safety of civil aviation. | | | showing work projects in King County, Washington established under the auspices of the Civil Works Administration in 1933-34. |
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http://www.strippchenshof.de/civil_works_administration.html
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| | Today in History: April 8 |
| | During the Project's early years, the Federal Writers produced a series of state guidebooks that offer a flavorful sampling of life in the United States. | | | The policy of government financing of theatrical productions stirred political controversy throughout the life of the project, and in 1939, Congress discontinued its funding. | | | The Federal Art Project (FAP) was another branch of the WPA. |
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http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr08.html
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| | Works Progress Administration - Historical Records Survey |
| | One can access the microfilms by paying a visit to these organizations. | | | Much of the work conducted by the HRS was done for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), as well as state archives agencies, and state historical societies, which these entities are still in possession of. | | | In short, the WPA employed out-of-work Americans who were certified by local agencies as meeting certain qualifications. |
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http://www.interment.net/column/records/wpa/wpa_history.htm
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| | WPA Federal Theatre Project -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | The United States, however, lacked a strong tradition of direct federal support for the arts. | | | Out of the social protest movement that arose during the years of depression in the 1930s, a unit of the WPA Federal Theatre Project in the... | | | While critics called the WPA an extension of the dole or a device for creating a huge patronage army loyal to the Democratic Party, the stated purpose of the program was to provide useful work for millions of victims of the Great Depression and thus to preserve... |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9077530?tocId=9077530
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| | Works Projects Administration |
| | In addition to providing emergency relief, the Federal Government should and must provide temporary work wherever that is possible. | | | The program for social security now pending before the Congress is a necessary part of the future unemployment policy of the government. | | | While our present and projected expenditures for work relief are wholly within the reasonable limits of our national credit resources, it is obvious that we cannot continue to create governmental deficits for that purpose year after year. |
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USARwpa.htm
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| | NARA - ALIC - Archives Library Information Center (ALIC |
| | ALIC provides access to information on American history and government, archival administration, information management, and government documents to NARA staff, archives and records management professionals, and the general public. | | | Recognizing that our customers no longer expect to work within the walls of a library, these pages are designed to provide NARA staff and researchers nationwide with convenient access to content beyond the physical holdings of our two traditional libraries. | | | Our physical library locations are in the National Archives Buildings in Washington, DC, and in College Park, MD. |
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http://www.archives.gov/research_room/alic/bibliographies/women.html
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| | Public Works : Securing funding for infrastructure projects: these success stories show how a consultant can help ... |
| | Read the Full Article, Get a FREE Trial for instant access » | | | Read 'Public Works: Securing funding for infrastructure projects: these success stories show how a consultant can help municipalities find funds for a variety of projects.(Administration and Management)' with a FREE Trial for instant access » | | | But many state and local governments have taken proactive measures to ensure that they receive the requisite funding to keep key infrastructure projects and basic community services intact. |
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http://static.highbeam.com/p/publicworks/march012004/securingfundingforinfrastructureprojectsthesesucce/index.html
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| | Works Progress Administration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Posters from the WPA at the Library of Congress | | | The Works Progress Administration (later Works Projects Administration, abbreviated WPA), was created on May 6, 1935 with the signing of Executive Order 7034. | | | This is a reference to WPA projects that sometimes slowed to a crawl, because workers often had no knowledge of when the next job was coming. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration
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| | The WPA in Indiana: Virtual Exhibit Homepage |
| | This action was taken by the President under the authority of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935. | | | This on-line exhibition draws from these materials, and highlights some of the many projects undertaken by the WPA in Indiana during Jennings' tenure as state administrator. | | | The Works Progress Administration, known by the acronym WPA, was one of the many programs initiated by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the devestating effects of the Great Depression. |
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http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/wpa/wpa.html
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| | Work Projects Administration on Encyclopedia.com |
| | CROSSMARK(R) Selects Tenrox Software to Manage Its Workforce and Projects. | | | Also a part of WPA's diversified activities were the Federal Art Project, the Federal Writers' Project, and the Federal Theatre Project. | | | (WPA), former U.S. government agency, established in 1935 by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the Works Progress Administration; it was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939, when it was made part of the Federal Works Agency. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/W/WorkP1roj.asp
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| | UIowa - Records of the Works Progress Administration: Iowa |
| | The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was established by the United States government in 1935 as part of the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act to create jobs for the unemployed. | | | The WPA was mandated to choose projects which would not compete with the private sector while at the same time making genuine contributions. | | | Nonetheless, access to some items may be restricted by their fragile condition or by contractual agreement with donors, and it may not be possible at all times to provide appropriate machinery for reading, viewing or accessing non-paper-based materials. |
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http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/MSC/ToMsc450/MsC447/MsC447.htm
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| | Marion County Indiana |
| | Volume III, Letters P-S Inclusive, Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1939 | | | Volumes I and III, Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1939 | | | SEARCH ROOTSWEB'S WORLDCONNECT PROJECT FOR MORE PANCAKE FAMILY INFORMATION |
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http://www.usfamily.net/web/pankake/inmarion.htm
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| | Tomfolio.com: Collectible Series, WPA Books |
| | Works Progress Administration Publisher: Washington D.C., United Stated Government Printing Office, March 16, 1936. | | | A work of the Federal Writers' Project, one of the renowned WPA state guides. | | | Work Projects Administration Pennsylvania: A Guide To The Keystone State [American Guide Series] |
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http://www.tomfolio.com/bookssub.asp?subid=1535
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| | AllRefer.com - Public Works Administration (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia |
| | Public Works Administration (PWA), in U.S. history, New Deal government agency established (1933) by the Congress as the Federal Administration of Public Works, pursuant to the National Industrial Recovery Act. | | | Subsequent legislation continued its operation; under the administration (1933–39) of Harold L. Ickes, the PWA completed a great many public projects. | | | More articles from AllRefer Reference on Public Works Administration |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/P/PublicWo.html
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| | Works Progress Administration |
| | The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a relief measure established in 1935 by executive order as the Works Progress Administration, and was redesigned in 1939 when it was transferred to the Federal Works Agency. | | | The Federal Writers' Project (more information available from Indiana State University's library) prepared state and regional guide books, organized archives, indexed newspapers, and conducted useful sociological and historical investigations. | | | By March, 1936, the WPA rolls had reached a total of more than 3,400,000 persons; after initial cuts in June 1939, it averaged 2,300,000 monthly; and by June 30, 1943, when it was officially terminated, the WPA had employed more than 8,500,000 different persons on 1,410,000 individual projects, and had spent about $11 billion. |
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http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/wpa/wpa_info.html
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| | South Carolina, WPA Library Project, Public Library History |
| | Development of the State Library from its original state funding in 1943 was a slow and painful process during the war years and immediately afterwards. | | | Upon the termination of the WPA Program in South Carolina, the support of the Citizen's Library Association and farmers' wives for these services led to the first legislative funding of the State Library Board. | | | The document of the WPA Library Project in South Carolina |
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http://www.libsci.sc.edu/histories/vts/vts18.html
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| | U. S. Works Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey, Missouri 1935-1942 |
| | The Historical Records Survey was created to inventory all county government records of each county in the United States. | | | It was started in January 1936 as a part of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration, one of the many government sponsored projects created to provide employment during the Depression. | | | Works Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey, Missouri 1935-1942 |
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~momonroe/wpalist.htm
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| | WPA Mural |
| | The Works Projects Administration was part of President Roosevelt& New Deal, a revolutionary program which aimed to alleviate the massive suffering of unemployed during the Depression by creating jobs through public projects. | | | The WPA lasted from 1935 to 1943, and during this time the administration created thousands of public works projects, as well as fine arts programs. | | | Works Projects Administration artist painting mural at Clare High School, January 27, 1937. |
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http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/faces/WPAMural.html
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| | (1938) Index of research projects: Works progress administration |
| | Social sciences; Research; Public works; Abstracts; Indexes; United States | | | Summaries of reports on research undertaken by public planning agencies from January 1933 to December 1938; includes references to all such materials (in so far as copies were available in Washington) prepared by these agencies with or without the assistance of relief personnel... | | | II prepared in collaboration with the National resources committee and state planning agencies. |
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http://www.getcited.org/pub/101169990
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| | Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) |
| | These WPA sources are well known in Indiana and used thoroughly because they list in alphabetical order the index to the records of births, marriages and deaths for 67 counties. | | | This book covers the entire country and lists many other categories of records done by this most helpful project. | | | Covers public, church, military, and other record types. |
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http://www.yogs.com/general/WPA.html
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| | WPA Guide. OSA |
| | Series documents the work of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) in its association with the Oregon State Planning Board, mainly consisting of the provision of workers to conduct research and maintain clerical records. | | | Series documents Work Projects Administration projects undertaken with the Military Department in Oregon. | | | Information includes date, subject of correspondence, correspondents, materials required, and project cost. |
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http://www.cityofseattle.net/cityarchives/Resources/WPA2_files/OSA.htm
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| | United States. Works Projects Administration. Milwaukee Toy Loan Centers |
| | The first distributing center was opened a month later in the basement of a public school. | | | The project incorporated radio, newspaper, billboard, and creative publicity to increase donations and generate support for the centers. | | | The Milwaukee Toy Loan project opened in March 1938 under the sponsorship of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and the Juvenile Court. |
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http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/arch/findaids/mssax.htm
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| | Work Projects Administration (WPA) Poster Collection and Fine Prints by Federal Art Project Artists (Prints and ... |
| | The Federal Theater Project Collection is accessed through the Performing Arts Reading Room. | | | Graphic work produced for another federally-sponsored project during the New Deal era is al available in the Federal Theatre Project Collection, which includes posters, scripts, costume and set designs, photographs, playbills, and publicity materials for many FTP productions. | | | Work Projects Administration (WPA) Poster Collection and Fine Prints by Federal Art Project Artists (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress) |
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http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/265.html
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| | Works Progress Administration - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Works Progress Administration |
| | Works Progress Administration: see Work Projects Administration Work Projects Administration (WPA), former U.S. government agency, established in 1935 by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the Works Progress Administration; it was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939, when it was made part of the Federal Works Agency. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | Works Progress Administration - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Works Progress Administration |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Works+Progress+Administration
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| | Hazel Call Page (1897-1991) Papers (KC097) |
| | She also worked in public and school libraries in Missouri and Colorado before becoming the Missouri State Library Supervisor of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) Statewide Library Project sponsored by the Missouri Library Commission from 1938-1943. | | | This collection consists of two types of records: those originating with the administration of the Works Projects Administration Statewide Library Project in Missouri, and those related to the development of Mrs. | | | In 1981, she wrote and published a book, Early Library Development in Missouri, 1938-1943, which deals primarily with her work as supervisor of the WPA Statewide Library Project. |
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http://web1.umkc.edu/WHMCKC/Collections/ikc097.htm
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| | Works Projects Administration (WPA) |
| | Headed by Harry Hopkins, the WPA was the first attempt by the federal government to save the arts. | | | The WPA, whose name was changed to the Works Projects Administration in 1939 after an attempt to cut down corruption, was terminated in 1943 for economic and political reasons. | | | The WPA built 650,000 miles of road, 125,000 public buildings, 75,000 buildings, and 800 airports, some of these projects are still in use today. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/oh4/newdeal/wpa.html
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| | Federal Writers' Project |
| | Thomas claimed that: "Practically every play presented under the auspices of the Project is sheer propaganda for Communism or the New Deal." As a result of these complaints, Congress abolished the project. | | | The Works Projects Administration (WPA) was established by | | | (FTP), an attempt to offer work to theatrical professionals. |
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USARfwp.htm
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| | Manzanar NHS: Historic Resource Study/Special History Study (Chapter 4) |
| | Following establishment of the WCCA, R. Nicholson, then regional director of the Works Projects Administration for the eleven western states, was appointed in mid-March as its Chief, Assembly Center Branch of the Temporary Settlement Operations Division. | | | As the operations of the Works Projects Administration, a large-scale national works program that had been established during the Depression for jobless employables, were being phased out as a result of the emerging war economy, large numbers of its field staff were available for other employment. | | | who took a temporary leave of absence from the WPA to aid the evacuation program, facilitated the "transfer" of many former WPA personnel, who had considerable experience in federal fiscal, procurement, and administrative policy and procedures, to provide administrative staff for the assembly centers. |
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http://www.nps.gov/manz/hrs/hrs4b.htm
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| | Author : works by Mike Seeger |
| | From 1935 to 1953 he held positions in the federal governments Resettlement Administration, Works Projects Administration (WPA), and Pan American Union, including serving as an administrator for the Works Projects Administration Music Project, for which his wife also worked, from 1938 to 1940. | | | His first wife was the violinist Constance Edson, they divorced in 1927.He is best remembered for his formulation of dissonant counterpoint. |
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http://booksrating.com/682167_mike-seeger_1556430809talkingfeetbuckflatfoo...
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| | Ancestry.com - Search Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana Index to Death Records, 1882-1920 |
| | The WPA began to index vital records, county-by-county, for the entire state, but the agency was abolished before the project was completed. | | | The index was created by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. | | | In addition to providing the name of the deceased and a reference to the actual death record, the index also provides the person's age, date and place of death, sex, and color. |
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http://www.ancestry.netscape.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6782
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| | St. Joseph County Indiana |
| | The census states that Rudolph immigrated to the U.S. in 1904. | | | Letters I-R Inclusive, Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1939 | | | Letters L-Z Inclusive, Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1939 |
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