Eleanor H. Little papers, 1915-1986.

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Eleanor H. Little papers, 1915-1986.

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Correspondence, published reports, personal papers, newspaper clippings, and photos, relating to Little's activities and interests. Includes correspondence and reports created as part of her work as administrator for Connecticut Emergency Relief Commission and photos documenting Rocky Neck State Park (near East Lyme, Conn.), Keney Park (Hartford, Conn.), and other commission projects; and information pertaining to her participation in the Connecticut House of Representatives and volunteer work with Connecticut Dept. of Correction. Correspondents include New Deal figures such as Corrington Gill, Harry Hopkins, and other members of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.

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University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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Little, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Howell), 1885-1986

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Administrator with woman's correctional institution, manufacturing firm, and relief agencies, state legislator, and volunteer, of Guilford, Conn. From the description of Eleanor H. Little papers, 1915-1986. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28418045 Eleanor H. Little was born on 9 December 1885, in Media, Pennsylvania . She lived in Pennsylvania until entering Wellesley College, where she received a B.A. in History in 1908. After graduation, Littl...

Connecticut. General Assembly. House of Representatives

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Connecticut. Emergency Relief Commission

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Connecticut. Dept. of Correction.

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Gill, Corrington, 1898-1946

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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...

Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946

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Harry Lloyd Hopkins (1890-1946) was born in Sioux City, Iowa. After graduation from Grinnell College in 1912, he became a social worker in New York City with the Christadora Settlement House and the Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor (AICP). He was Executive Secretary of the New York Board of Child Welfare from 1915 to 1917 and worked for the American Red Cross in New Orleans and Atlanta from 1917 to 1921, when he rejoined the AICP in New York as Assistant Director. He headed t...