Papers, 1886-1972.

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. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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In order to counteract the effects of the Depression, the Federal Government founded numerous agencies geared at lowering unemployment and boosting the economy. Among these were the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), created on May 12, 1933; the Civil Works Administration (CWA), established on November 9, 1933; and the Works Progress Administration (WPA-1), established on May 6, 1935. The Civil Works Administration was abolished in March, 1934, with its functions and records transfe...

Brimhall, George W. (George Washington), 1814-1895

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George Washington Brimhall was born on November 14, 1814, near Canada Creek, New York. In 1837 the Brimhalls moved to Illinois, where George joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842. In 1845 he married Lucretia Metcalf, who was opposed to the Mormon Church and divorced Brimhall when he went to Salt Lake City in 1850. He was part of the Iron Mission and in 1852 was elected to the Utah Territorial Legislature. He also served on the St. George Mission beginning in 1864. Brimha...

Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977

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"Brigham Young was the colonizer; Daniel Jackling the mining giant, and Marriner S. Eccles was Utah's premier financial genius," was the introduction to a 1977 Deseret News review of Eccles' then-recently published biography. The biography, Marriner S. Eccles: Private Entrepreneur and Public Servant, as well as a previously published autobiography, Beckoning Frontiers, detail the life of this remarkable man. He became the "principal economic philosopher of the New Deal," according t...

Capitol Reef National Monument (Utah).

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Brimhall, George H. (George Henry), 1853-1932

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Educator. From the description of Records, 1872-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122608564 Brimhall served as acting president of Brigham Young University from 1900 to 1902 and president of Brigham Young University from 1903 to 1921. From the description of Brigham Young University president's records, 1903-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81143686 Educator, regional lecturer, and president of Brigham Young University, 1904-1921. From...

United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration

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Utah Pacific Airways.

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Wilkinson, Ernest L., 1899-1978

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Zitkala is the Indian name for Gertrude Bonnin, 1876-1938. From the guide to the National Council of American Indians records, 1926-1938, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Founded in 1875, Brigham Young University has grown from a small academy to one of the world's largest private universities, where more than 29,000 students gather from 100 countries. Sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, BYU offers a unique educational environment that promotes le...

Brimhall, Dean R. 1886-

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The son of George H. and Flora Robertson Brimhall, Dean was born on December 11, 1886, in Provo, Utah. George H. Brimhall served as president of Brigham Young University from 1903-1921. In 1907 young Brimhall left for Germany to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). While in Germany he watched Orville Wright make the first power-plane flight in 1908. Kaiser Wilhelm attended the event with 250,000 soldiers and many other onlookers. ...

Brimhall, Lila Eccles

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Lila Eccles Brimhall (1892-1980) was born November 26 in Ogden, Utah to Bertha Marie Jensen Eccles and her husband, David Eccles, who held half-ownership in the Ogden Opera House, where young Lila was exposed to the world of theater. In 1914, Lila Eccles received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Utah, where she studied under Maud May Babcock in the speech department. She went on to receive a diploma from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1916 and a c...

Utah Power and Light Company.

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Hinkley, Robert H., 1891-

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