MacDougall Family Papers, 1928-1968.

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MacDougall Family Papers, 1928-1968.

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The Papers of Robert and Margaret MacDougall consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings and scrapbook pages, and brochures and other printed materials. Many of these papers concern MacDougall's work as an engineer, work as an administrator of the Works Progress Administration and his activities working with the city of Atlanta, particularly in the development of the expressways through the city and the bond issues to finance the projects. A second portion of these papers concern the activities of Mrs. Margaret MacDougall including: her political activities, work with the Atlanta Elections Commission; her work with the Atlanta League of Women Voters; issues of desegregation and education; and politics.

.6 linear feet (1 document case, 1/2 document case).

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7006111

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden 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...

League of Women Voters (Atlanta, Ga.)

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MacDougall, Robert Leak, 1900-1960.

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MacDougall, Margaret McDow, 1903-1986.

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McDow, Thomas F., 1863-1935.

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Atlanta (Ga.) City Executive Committee.

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MacDougall family.

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Robert Leak MacDougall (1900-1960) was born in Wilmington, Delaware to Mr. and Mrs. R. J. MacDougall. When he was an infant, his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia and then later to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he attended public schools. He returned to Atlanta to enroll at Georgia Tech, where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering in 1925. During the 1930s and 1940s, he served as an officer in the U. S. Corps of Army Engineers and later as an administrator for the Works Progress Administrati...

Georgia institute of technology

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The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or Tech, was founded on October 13, 1885 as the Georgia School of Technology. The creation of the educational institution was part of the plans of Georgia leadership to reconstruct and revitalize the state's economy following the Civil War. Eighty-four candidates took the first entrance examination on October 3, 1888 and the school formally opened on October 5, 1888. Over the next several decades the school evolved from tr...