Nathaniel C. Burwash (1906-2000) [art originals] : NHSL W.P.A. collection / Nathaniel C. Burwash. 1931-1941.
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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...
Burwash, Nat, 1906-
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Artist and, later, sculptor. Born Feb.6, 1906 in Los Angeles, married Ida Brass in 1932. Lived in Washington, NH during the New Deal era as a contract artist for the Works Progress Administration. Later moved to Cambridge, Mass. and became a sculptor in wood. Died in January, 2000. From the description of Nathaniel C. Burwash (1906-2000) [art originals] : NHSL W.P.A. collection / Nathaniel C. Burwash. 1931-1941. (Kelley Library). WorldCat record id: 228408552 ...
