WPA local historical records inventory, 1935.

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WPA local historical records inventory, 1935.

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Card file of information gathered by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers on historical sources such as buildings, monuments, books, and documents in Nassau County. Included are description of the source and location, with occasional excerpts.

.3 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6881339

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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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...

Hempstead Public Library (Hempstead, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Hempstead, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155536523 ...

Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

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