Project folders, 1939-1942.

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Project folders, 1939-1942.

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Included in this series are originals and copies of significant documents related to the initiation and administration of Virginia WPA projects. Generally included is the original project proposal prepared by a district office which consisted of working procedure plans, supplementary data (such as construction plans, specifications, deeds and easements), and other supporting documents. The series also will generally include a copy of the project application, (other copies of which were forwarded to regional and national headquarters), and related correspondence. This series was filmed in 1943, at the time WPA projects and offices were closed, and is on microfilm reels 17 through 30. There are many missing project folders.

13.5 microfilm reels.

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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...

United States. Federal Works Agency

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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...