WPA Radio Scripts, 1936-1940.

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WPA Radio Scripts, 1936-1940.

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The WPA Radio Scripts consist of final drafts of radio plays and other texts produced by the Federal Theatre of the Air.

30 lf. (73 boxes)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6751565

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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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...