Works Progress Administration Collection on Orange County, California, 1935-1939

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Works Progress Administration Collection on Orange County, California, 1935-1939

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The collection is comprised of reports from the historical and anthropological projectscompleted by the Works Progress Administration in Orange County, California from 1935 to1939. The projects' reports reveal factual information on local history andanthropological research on Native Americans. Most reports are original or first carbontypescripts; they are illustrated with original photographs and sketches.

Number of containers: 15 document boxes, 3 record cartons and 1 oversize folder; Linear feet: 15.75;

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University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6666556

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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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...