Papers, 1933-1940.

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Papers, 1933-1940.

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Photocopies of correspondence (1933-1937) to and from Burkhardt and of reports and circulars (1933-1940) about the Historic American Buildings Survey in Alabama. Also, oral history interview (1933) with Edward C. Marty, retired Auburn University architecture professor, concerning Marty's association with Burkhardt, conducted by James Scott Legg for his history thesis, "To Guide My Own Ship: E. Walter Burkhardt and the Historic American Buildings Survey," and a copy of the thesis.

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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...

Historic American Buildings Survey (Ala.)

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Auburn university

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East Alabama Male College, sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered in May 1856. Classes opened in 1859 in Auburn, Alabama, but the college closed during the Civil War. Reopening in 1866, the college became a land-grant institution in 1872 and changed its name to Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. The college was known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1899 to 1960, when it became Auburn University. From the description of Founders Day collec...

Legg, James Scott, 1965-

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Alabama Polytechnic Institute

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Burkhardt, E. Walter

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Burkhardt, a native of Neu Mockau, Germany, was a professor of architecture at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now Auburn University, from 1929 until his retirement in 1946. From 1933 to 1937 he was Alabama District Officer of the Historic American Buildings Survey. From the description of Papers, 1933-1940. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 33211763 ...

Marty, Edward Chamberlain

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Marty was awarded two degrees in architecture from Alabama Polytechnic Institute. His academic teaching career began in 1939 and ended with his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1972 at Auburn University. He was an active member of the American Institute of Architects, especially in historic preservation. From the description of Papers, 1949-1972. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 22753129 ...