United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)

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The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a Federal program created in 1935 to provide employment for Americans left jobless by the Depression. At the time it was discontinued in 1943, the WPA was employing 8 million people. In addition to building roads and bridges, WPA employees conducted numerous projects devoted to the humanities. One such project was a survey of records of historical interest in local government offices throughout the U.S. The records in this collection are the result of the Historical Records Survey conducted in Westchester County.

From the description of Records of survey of Westchester County Clerk's Office. 1936-1940. (Westchester County Archives). WorldCat record id: 18198792
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creatorOf United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.). [A collection of printed material pertaining to the records projects of the Works Progress Administration in New York City in the 1930's]. New-York Historical Society
creatorOf United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.). Historical records survey, 1936-1942 (bulk 1936-1937). Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
referencedIn Helen Faye papers relating to Harold Faye Archives of American Art
referencedIn Mendelson, D.H. New York Dental Guild meeting notes relating to emergency relief, 1934-1936. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.). Records of survey of Westchester County Clerk's Office. 1936-1940. Westchester County Archives
creatorOf United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.). Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1939. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Boland, John P., 1888-1968. New York State Writers' Project papers, 1942, Apr. 29 and May 5. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
referencedIn New York Dental Guild meeting notes relating to emergency relief, 1934-1936 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.). New York World's Fair WPA administration building guest registers, 1939-1940. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.). Historical records survey form : Congregation Anshi Zedek Synagogue, 1936. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
creatorOf New York World's Fair WPA administration building guest registers, 1939-1940 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Archives at Queens Library. W.P.A. (Works Progress Adminisstration) [vertical file] / [compiled by the Archives at Queens Library]. Queens Borough Public Library
referencedIn Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.). Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers, 1927-1940. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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