Research materials for California place names, circa 1935-1942.

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Research materials for California place names, circa 1935-1942.

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Roughly sorted preliminary notes, drafts, manuscripts and bibliographies compiled chiefly by the Federal Writers' Project, Oakland.

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Gudde, Erwin Gustav, 1889-1969

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United States. Work Projects Administration (Calif.)

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Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California.

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Historical Background Between 1936 and 1940, the California Department of Parks and Recreation in conjunction with the Federal Writers' Project, a component of the federal Works Progress Administration, produced a series of descriptive historical essays and monographs on a variety of the state's important landmarks, monuments and state parks. The project editors were Clark Wing and Vernon Aubrey Neasham. Project writers included G...