Works Progress Administration Records 1933-1943

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...

Works Progress Administration.

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The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was established as a national agency on May 6, 1935, by order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a relief measure during the Great Depression and lasted until 1943. The name was changed to Works Projects Administration in 1939. In Texas, the WPA helped 600,000 persons to provide subsistence for themselves and their families, predominantly by employment in construction projects. Other major programs included the Texas Historical Records Survey and the T...

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas

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Texas Historical Records Survey

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Haley, J. Evetts (James Evetts), 1901-1995

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Born July 5, 1901. Raised in Midland, Texas. Worked his family's ranch along the Pecos River. Graduated West Texas State University. Fired from University of Texas in 1936 for denouncing President Roosevelt. Director of Institute of Americanism at Texas Technological College. Known for his books and articles on Southwestern frontier. Author of A Texan Look at Lyndon: A Study in Illegitimate Power (1964). From the description of Letter, 1954. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record i...

Allen, Winnie.

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