John C. Kennedy papers 1912-1938

United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

United States. Commission on Industrial Relations

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The Commission on Industrial Relations was established in the wake of mounting conflict and violence in American labor relations and especially as a result of the dynamiting in 1910 of the Los Angeles Times building by two labor union officials. The Commission was composed of nine members representing employers, employees, and the public. From the description of U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations records, 1912-1915 (inclusive), [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1225562...

Kennedy, John C. (John Curtis), 1884-1966

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Political and labor movement activist. John C. Kennedy was born in 1884. He wrote about the labor movement from 1912-1931, and lectured at Brookwood, a labor college at Katonah, N.Y., 1929-1934. In 1915 he was interested in conditions in the meat packing industry; and the Works Progress Administration, Education Department, Washington State Headquarters in 1938. He died in 1966. From the guide to the John C. Kennedy papers, 1912-1938, (University of Washingto...

Socialist Party (Wash.)

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University of Chicago. Settlement

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Farmer-Labor Party (Wash.)

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