United States. Work Projects Administration. Office of the Virginia State Administrator.

The office of the Virginia State Administrator was established as part of the Federal Civil Works Administration (1933) and continued under that organization's successors: the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (1934), the Works Progress Administration (1935), and the Federal Works Agency's Work Projects Admnistration (1939). The WPA and its state offices were abolished on June 30, 1943.

Located in Richmond, Virginia, the function of the State Adminstrator was to manage work relief programs supported by federal funds within the state. The work of the office was carried out through functional divisions located in the state office, as well as through district offices in Norfolk, Roanoke, Marion and Richmond. The State Administrator reported to a regional office, as well as to the central administrative offices in Washington, DC.

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