Reference collection, [ca. 1750]-1986.

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Reference collection, [ca. 1750]-1986.

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Includes research files, 1908-1984, containing notes on the history of the Morris-Jumel Mansion of New York City, and of objects in the house; reports by researchers and students, and published information concerning the house; clippings, 1907-1986; photographs and other graphics of the exterior and interior of the house, of objects and art, and of events, 1854-1986; and maps and architectural drawings, ca.1750-1986, especially blueprints from the WPA restoration, 1934-1936.

5 linear ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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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...

Morris-Jumel Mansion (New York, N.Y.).

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