Unclassified materials, 1936-1949.

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Unclassified materials, 1936-1949.

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These records relate to various Work Projects Administration programs, including information on a training program, interstate planning regions, the Writers' Project, personnel requisitions and transfers, and the Fayette County library project.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6801631

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Federal Writers' Project. Kentucky.

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Townsend, John Wilson, 1885-1968

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Biographical note: John Wilson Townsend, a native of Fayette County, Kentucky, was a graduate of Transylvania University and the author of "Kentucky in American Literature" (1915) and numerous other works on Kentucky history. He was employed variously as a teacher, librarian, and editor, but known chiefly as a bookseller and collector of first editions, having operated the Graceland Book Shop and the Blue Grass Book Shop in Lexington. During his lifetime sizable collections of books assembled by...

Historical Records Survey. Kentucky.

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United States. Work Projects Administration. Kentucky

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The Civil Works Administration (CWA), created by executive order on November 9, 1933, was a short-term experiment in work relief. Its general goal was to provide temporary work for needy unemployed during the winter of 1933-1934. Four million people were employed by CWA work relief projects before its close in March, 1934. Partly due to the success of CWA, a Works Division was established in the Federal Emergency Relief Administration to guide states in administering additional work relief proje...

Hale, Earl P.

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