Administrative subject files, 1932-1963.

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Administrative subject files, 1932-1963.

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Reports, correspondence, and policy documents of the Department of Public Welfare, 1932-1963, with the bulk representing 1933 to 1945. There are program manuals, budgets, procedures, studies, tables and calculations for various relief costs, reports, sample forms. Informational content includes referrals for welfare service, bulletins, building plans and drawings, news clippings, services questionnaires, pamphlets explaining programs, minutes of meetings and agency policies. The collection covers the Great Depression welfare programs extensively, especially the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

33.8 c.f.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6852358

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin. Public Welfare Dept.

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The Public Welfare Dept. was established on December 7, 1935, as a division of the Industrial Commission (WIHV85-A2180), superseding the Wisconsin Emergency Relief Administration (see WIHV90-A384). It became an independent state agency on February 19, 1936. Its functions were merged into the new State Department of Public Welfare (WIHV85-A488) in 1939. The Dept. was responsible for distributing federal relief funds, coordinating efforts with federal New Deal organizations (such as the WPA), and ...

Wisconsin. State Dept. of Public Welfare.

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