Local history papers, 1858-1936.

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Local history papers, 1858-1936.

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Collection consists largely of clippings with other historical notes, transcripts of records, correspondence, pamphlets, and programs collected by Nearpass on the history of Port Jervis and the Minisink Valley. Subjects include business and industry, factories, trade associations, railroads, Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, social movements, political movements, churches, schools, farming, canals, rafting, public works, and recreation. The materials were organized and the clippings transcribed by a Works Progress Administration local history project in 1936.

20 cubic 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...

Nearpass, William H.

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