W.P.A. collection. Miscellaneous administrative papers, 1942-1943.

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W.P.A. collection. Miscellaneous administrative papers, 1942-1943.

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Miscellaneous letters and memoranda sent from headquarters of the Works Progress Administration of Louisiana and from directing offices of the W.P.A. in Washington, D.C., pertain to various administrative matters applicable to all W.P.A. agencies. Topics addressed in the letters and memos include employee regulations and relations, wartime activities, and retrenchment of the W.P.A. program.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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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...

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