State series, 1935-1944.

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State series, 1935-1944.

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The series contains the primary documentation for the national administration of WPA programs in specific states and territories. Correspondence, reports, memoranda and other documents relating primarily to projects in one state or territory were filed under the appropriate name and classification (within the 600's) in this series, while correspondence concerning several states or territories were filed in the "General Subject" series of the WPA. Included is correspondence with federal, state and local officials, project sponsors, project participants and others. Some of the significant topics and their classification mumbers are as follows: Correspondence with State Administrator 610; Reports and Accounts 620; Projects, General 650; Art Program 651.3115; Writers' Program 651.3117; Historical Records Survey 651.3118; Federal Theater Project 651.312; Negro Education 651.346; and Women's Work Program 660.

870 linear ft. (2090 boxes).

Denver art museum

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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...

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)

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Federal writer's project

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United States. Work Projects Administration

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Federal Music Project (U.S.)

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Historic American Building Survey.

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Historic American Merchant Marine Survey

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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. Federal Works Agency

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Federal Art Project

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The FAP projects included a broad range of events and activities which generated the various publications and materials found in the central files of the general subject series. ART FOR THE MILLIONS was a publication project about the accomplishments of the FAP consisting of a series of articles by Project workers. In addition to creating work for artists, the FAP sought to increase art appreciation as well as art sales among the general public. In doing so it devised a plan which created Nation...

Historical Records Survey (U.S.)

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The Historical Records Survey (HRS) had its origins in the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration. In 1935 it came under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project and eventually was designated as an independent program under Federal Project No. One. The projects, ideally suited for white collar workers, employed individuals to survey, classify and collect historical records. One program of the HRS was to document American portr...