Historical records survey, Colorado records, 1936-1937 [manuscripts].

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Historical records survey, Colorado records, 1936-1937 [manuscripts].

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Forms filled out by Works Progress Administration workers listing the historical documents available in various federal, state and local agencies as of 1936 constitute the bulk of this collection. A report describes the El Paso County Court House as it was in 1936. Another report documents the daily weather at Fort Washakie, Wyoming in 1882 and 1883. Typed transcriptions of city council or boards of trustees meeting minutes for the incorporated cities around the city of Denver are also included.

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6821337

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Federal writer's project

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Hinton was a former slave who was living in North Carolina at the time of the interview. From the guide to the Martha Adeline Hinton interview, 1937, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) One of the first actions by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s was to extend federal work relief to the unemployed. One such relief program was the Works Progress Administration, which FDR established in 1933. By 1941 the WPA had provided empl...

Colorado Historical Records Survey

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Project of the Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project. From the description of Historical records survey, Colorado records, 1936-1937 [manuscripts]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13562931 ...

United States. Works Progress Administration of Colorado

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