WPA New Mexico Collection, 1936-1940

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WPA New Mexico Collection, 1936-1940

12 Linear feet

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6403435

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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...

Federal Writers' Project. New Mexico

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