Women in Social Services Oral History Collection, 1986-1987.

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Women in Social Services Oral History Collection, 1986-1987.

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Contains 17 interviews. Major subjects discussed by Schackel and her informants include public health, welfare, the Depression, and federal programs such as the Works Progress Administration and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. In addition, the women discuss their roles in organizations such as the Red Cross and local social service groups. Of particular note are interviews describing African-American women's organizations in the Albuquerque area. There are nineteen detailed tape logs, one for each of the recorded interviews and two additional transcripts for interviews that do not have audio tapes.

Transcripts: 83 p.Sound recordings: 21 sound cassettes (ca. 60 min. each)

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7373142

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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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...

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...

Schackel, Sandra

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Sandra Schackel earned her doctorate from the University of New Mexico in 1988. Schackel, a professor of history at Boisie State University, has published several journal articles. In addition, her dissertation was published under the title, Social Housekeepers: Women Shaping Public Policy in New Mexico, 1920-1940. Schackel's expertise and research is primarily in social history, 20th Century American West, and Women's History. From the guide to the Women in Social Services Oral Hist...

Wood, K. (Katherine), 1905-1994

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Ortiz y Pino de Kleven, Concha, 1910-2006

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Born in 1910 at the family hacienda de ganado in Galisteo, N.M. While serving in the New Mexico State Legislature became the first woman to be the "Majority Whip" in a state legislature. From the description of Concha Ortiz y Pino de Kleven papers, 1930-2006. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 32692615 ...