Records of the Monroe County Social Services Department.

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Records of the Monroe County Social Services Department.

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This record group consists of general records of the Monroe County Social Services Dept. relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps for the years 1934-1943. The records consist of applications for enrollment; letters in and carbons of letters out; memoranda; reports relating to enrollments; discharges; and eligibility to work in the C.C.C. and the emergency conservation work. The forms provide applicant's name; address; age; education; employment record; previous C.C.C. work (if any); allotment or pay from monthly cash allowance to be made to dependent relatives; and certificate of acceptance. The records also include certificates of acceptance; notices of absence; nearprint directives outlining procedures and policy for the C.C.C., Works Progress Administration and Federal Surplus Commodities programs.

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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...

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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Monroe County (Mich.). Dept. of Social Services

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Monroe County (Mich.). Social Services Dept.

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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation

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