Benjamin Scott Magruder collection. Hilda Moss papers, 1921-1975 (bulk 1926-1940).

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Benjamin Scott Magruder collection. Hilda Moss papers, 1921-1975 (bulk 1926-1940).

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Procedural papers and printed items comprise the majority of the collection. They relate to the administration of public aid under the direction of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration with bulletins (1936-1937), circulars, directives (1935-1936, undated), manuals (1938, undated), booklets, newspapers, clippings, handbills, broadsides, and newsletters. Newspapers, clippings and scrapbooks also report on WPA work programs, World War II, and LSU, as well as offering insight into the Louisiana political environment during the Huey P. Long era, as does some correspondence. Papers also provide budgets for the Louisiana Highway Commission (1930-1931), East Baton Rouge Parish employees (1939, undated), La. State Parks and Recreation Commission (1968; 1971), and the La. State Treasurer's annual report (1931). Maps of Louisiana and Baton Rouge are also included.

2.5 linear ft.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7170904

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

Related Entities

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Allen, Oscar K. (Oscar Kelly), 1882-1936

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United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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In order to counteract the effects of the Depression, the Federal Government founded numerous agencies geared at lowering unemployment and boosting the economy. Among these were the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), created on May 12, 1933; the Civil Works Administration (CWA), established on November 9, 1933; and the Works Progress Administration (WPA-1), established on May 6, 1935. The Civil Works Administration was abolished in March, 1934, with its functions and records transfe...

Simpson, Oramel Hinckley, 1870-1932

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Louisiana. Dept. of Public Welfare.

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United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana

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Magruder, Benjamin Scott,

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Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935

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Huey Long Pierce, Louisiana governor and United States senator, was born 30 August 1893, near Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, and died 10 September 1935. He studied law and practiced in Winnfield after 1915; served as Louisiana public service commissioner (1921-1926); was elected governor of Louisiana (1928); was elected to the United States Senate (1930); and organized the Share-Our-Wealth Society (1934) for which he had national support. On 8 September 1935 he was shot by Dr. Carl A. Weiss ...

Moss, Hilda.

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The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was created on May 22, 1933. The purpose of FERA was to work cooperatively with state government, providing federal grants for relief purposes. Hilda Moss, a social worker for the East Baton Rouge Parish Relief Fund, worked under the direction of FERA and the Louisiana State Dept. of Public Welfare in providing social services to residents of East Baton Rouge Parish. She also served as a Commissioner of Elections, Precinct No. 9, Ward 2 in Baton...