Correspondence Relating to the Work Projects Administration (WPA), July 31, 1933–March 7, 1942

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Correspondence Relating to the Work Projects Administration (WPA), July 31, 1933–March 7, 1942

1933-1942

This series consists of letters, reports, circulars, and instructions related to public works activities undertaken at the Pierre Indian School in conjunction with the Work Projects Administration and its predecessor, the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. The records chiefly cover adult education, public works projects, and employment of skilled and unskilled labor. Correspondents include the Superintendent, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Production Coordinating Officer, South Dakota Planning Board personnel, Director of Education, officials of federal and state Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Works Progress Administration officials, State Education Director, teachers, and the public.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11669058

National Archives at Kansas City

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Pierre Indian School

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Pierre Indian School opened in 1891 and continues to operate as the Pierre Indian Learning Center, making it one of the few off-reservation Indian boarding schools in the United States today....