W.P.A. publications, 1936-1941.

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W.P.A. publications, 1936-1941.

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Publications of the Works Progress Administration, including the Handbook of Procedures for state and district, Manual of Rules and Regulations; Division of Employment manual and job specifications; the schedule of titles and salaries for project supervisory employees; Report on progress of the Works Program, December 1937; and a copy of Public Law 143 (House Joint Resolution 193) which established the Works Projects Administration.

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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...