Works Progress Administration studies, 1929-1937, undated (bulk 1935-1937)

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Works Progress Administration studies, 1929-1937, undated (bulk 1935-1937)

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This series consists of reports and maps of the Texas Planning Board, dating 1929-1937 and undated (bulk 1935-1937), from a project sponsored by the Works Progress Administration. This was WPA federal project No. 3, better known as Texas Planning Board Staff Project 6909. This project was designed to assist the Board, through additional staff and funding, in its studies of the natural resources and economic conditions of the state. Data gathered was used to promote economic expansion and development, primarily in the fields of agriculture and industry. Other areas studied were forestry, commodity trade, public health, transportation, water resources, and mineral resources.

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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...

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A semi-official Texas Planning Board was created on May 21, 1934 by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson at the request of the United States National Resources Board. Its goals were to study the state's natural resources, initiate a long-range planning program outlining needed public works, and work in cooperation with the nation-wide planning program of the National Resources Board. As this Board was not legislatively mandated, it received no funds. Office space, equipment, and personnel we...