Survey of non-federal records, 1936-1940.

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Survey of non-federal records, 1936-1940.

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Reports submitted by field workers on records that were surveyed by mistake. Includes reports on Confederate, State and Territorial records. Some information was also collected concerning various private and semi-public records and miscellaneous printed and published matter in the states.

5 linear ft. (12 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6719920

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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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Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.)

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Compiled by the the Survey of Federal Archives, Division of Women's and Professional Projects, Works Progress Administration and the National Archives, contributing sponsor. From the description of Massachusetts ship registers, 1939. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64075283 ...

United States. Work Projects Administration

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