Handbooks and procedures, 1936-1938.

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Handbooks and procedures, 1936-1938.

These records include the "Handbook of Procedures for State and District Works Progress Administrators" (1936 and revised April 15, 1937), two appendix volumes (1936 and December 1937), and the "Handbook of Procedures of the National Youth Administration" (September 1, 1938).

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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. National Youth Administration

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