Tybee Island (Ga.) scrapbook, 1937.

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Tybee Island (Ga.) scrapbook, 1937.

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This collection consists of a scrapbook of photographs and newspaper clippings relating to beach erosion at Tybee Island, Georgia, in 1937. They are prefaced by a letter from Orrie E. Bright, the mayor of Savannah Beach, Tybee, Island. The letter requests funding from the federal government to repair storm-damaged groins and bulkheads and for projects to help prevent further beach erosion. The collection includes 8 photographs on scrapbook pages. The photographs illustrate the damage done by the storm and the following erosion. The damage was primarily between 17th and 19th Streets on the island. Ten pages of newspaper clippings follow the photographs. The clippings recount damage, meetings held to discuss solutions, and the WPA and federal government assistance. There are 41 loose photographs that document the completed repair work. Most of the photos are labeled on the back identifying the work processes; however, the handwriting excludes cross-bars on the "t"s and "f"s.

1 box (.50 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7535339

Georgia Historical Society

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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...