Archives, 1928-1987.

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Archives, 1928-1987.

Vertical files containing exhibit announcements and catalogs, photographs of art work, clippings, biographical information, letters, brochures, newsletters, articles, and booklets pertaining to artists, their art work, their association with the Woodstock community and the Woodstock Artists Association, and other subjects such as the Federal art projects of the WPA period.

40 cubic ft.

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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...

Woodstock Artists Association (Woodstock, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: Art history and biographies of artists associated with Woodstock, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155504594 ...

United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...