New Mexico Historical Records Survey miscellany, 1909-1939.

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New Mexico Historical Records Survey miscellany, 1909-1939.

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This collection is comprised of 8 miscellaneous items, which were generated by the New Mexico Historical Records Survey program. The New Mexico Historical Records Survey program was carried out from 1935-1936 as a project of the Division of Professional Service Projects of the Works Progress Administration. The particular items in this collection include personal correspondence regarding land donations to the Church and correspondence between clergymen, reports and editorials regarding ethnic conflicts leading to theft and massacres (such as the Taos massacre), and lists of translated archives regarding land transfers and settlement ("Memorable Campaign against Navajo Indians by Las Vegans"), as well as writings on early Taos, Indian education, and the colonization of Mexican territory by Americans. Also included are two letters to George P. Hammond from the Federal Writers' Project regarding copies of translations of Spanish Archives.

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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...

Historical Records Survey (U.S.)

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The Historical Records Survey (HRS) had its origins in the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration. In 1935 it came under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project and eventually was designated as an independent program under Federal Project No. One. The projects, ideally suited for white collar workers, employed individuals to survey, classify and collect historical records. One program of the HRS was to document American portr...

Historical Records Survey. New Mexico.

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The New Mexico Historical Records Survey program was carried out from 1935-1936 as a project of the Division of Professional Service Projects of the Work Progress Administration, led by Dr. Luther H. Evans. The purpose of this program was to compile inventories of historical materials as well as unpublished government documents and records to be housed in the Library of Congress. These records provide a rough sketch of the historical background of the region. The State o...

Federal Writers' Project (N.M.)

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