Lee Norvelle scrapbook on the Federal Theater Project (Ind.)

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. 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...

Norvelle, Lee Roy, 1892-

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Lee Roy Norvelle was an Indiana University Department of Speech and Theatre faculty member from 1925 until his retirement in 1963. From the description of Lee Roy Norvelle papers, 1929-1980, bulk 1941-1966. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 45156708 State director, Federal Theater Project, Indiana. From the description of Oral history interview with Lee R. Norvelle, 1964 June 23 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026127 The Fede...

Federal Theater Project (Ind.)

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