Colorado and Washington Grazing Interview Transcripts 1940-1941
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Federal writer's project
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Hinton was a former slave who was living in North Carolina at the time of the interview. From the guide to the Martha Adeline Hinton interview, 1937, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) One of the first actions by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s was to extend federal work relief to the unemployed. One such relief program was the Works Progress Administration, which FDR established in 1933. By 1941 the WPA had provided empl...
Work Projects Administration
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The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), a federal agency, was created as part of the New Deal in 1935. The Federal Writers' Project was a subdivision of the Works Progress Administration. In 1939 the Works Progress Administration became the Work Projects Administration and the Federal Writers' Project became the Writers' Program. From the guide to the Work Projects Administration Collection, 1909-1971 (bulk 1930-1946), (New Mexico State Records Center and Archives) ...
