Fort Worth (Texas) Narrative 1812-1939

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Fort Worth (Texas) Narrative 1812-1939

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Works created by the Texas Writers'Project during the Great Depression.

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Texas Writers' Project

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The Works Projects Administration (WPA) was established on May 6, 1935 by F.D.R. during the Great Depression. The WPA established the Texas Writers’ Project, which participated in the Federal Writers’ Project. It created and published material for tourism development and to create historical narratives. Its best-known publication was Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State (1940). Participants in the Texas Writers’Project produced guides for local towns and narratives relating to folk...

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of Fort Worth.

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United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...