Ephemera file of Akron, Colorado 1938-1989.

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Ephemera file of Akron, Colorado 1938-1989.

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Contains newspaper articles and brochures, as well as copies of a WPA survey of historical records of Akron, Colorado.

1 hanging file folder 25 x 36 cm.

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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...