Reports of completed, transferred or discontinued work projects under the Emergency Relief Administration (ERA) work program, 1935-1937.

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Reports of completed, transferred or discontinued work projects under the Emergency Relief Administration (ERA) work program, 1935-1937.

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Monthly statistical reports (FERA Form 270), submitted for each work project operated under the Emergency Work Relief Program from its inception in April 1934 until its termination in each state. Each form contains the name of the supervising unit, the project number, description, states (i.e. completed, transferred, or discontinued), date, estimates of total approved costs, earnings of relief and non-relief employees, cost of materials,amd sources of funds (i.e. Federal, state, or local). Incomplete reports were received from Delaware, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Virginia.

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United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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In order to counteract the effects of the Depression, the Federal Government founded numerous agencies geared at lowering unemployment and boosting the economy. Among these were the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), created on May 12, 1933; the Civil Works Administration (CWA), established on November 9, 1933; and the Works Progress Administration (WPA-1), established on May 6, 1935. The Civil Works Administration was abolished in March, 1934, with its functions and records transfe...