Map and atlas collection, 1798-1961.

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Map and atlas collection, 1798-1961.

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Maps of White Plains and vicinity, 1798-1961, including many from the White Plains Department of Public Works, 1867-1961, detailing roads, boundaries, bridges, and sewers in White Plains, and several maps of the Works Progress Administration urban renewal project in White Plains. Atlases include Westchester County, 1881 and 1893, and New York City and vicinity, 1867.

ca. 25 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...

White Plains (N.Y.). City Archives.

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Collecting area: Records of the City of White Plains, N.Y.; local history materials. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155544986 ...

White Plains (N.Y.). Dept. of Public Works.

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