Michigan Historical Records Survey, 1935-1937.

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Michigan Historical Records Survey, 1935-1937.

Correspondence, reports, and working papers for county guides and survey of church records in Michigan directed by M.M. Quaife, 1935-1937.

14 linear ft. (28 boxes)

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United States. Works Progress Administration. Historic Records Survey

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Historical note: A survey of the state and local records by the Works Progress Administration began in Arizona March 1, 1936. From March 1 to October 15 the Survey functioned under the Federal Writer's Project with Mr. Ross Santee as State Director. Miss Estelle Lutrell, University of Arizona librarian, served as his assistant and supervised the survey operation. In October 1936, the Survey was removed from the Federal Writer's Projects and became a separate section of the WPA. At that time, Mis...

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...

Michigan Historical Records Survey

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Records survey of the U.S. Work Projects Administration. From the description of Michigan Historical Records Survey records, 1936-1942. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422531 The Historical Records Survey (H.R.S.) was sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.)(known as the Work Projects Administration as of July 1, 1939) from 1935 to 1942. The purpose of the survey was to make unpublished government records and important privately-ow...

Quaife, M.M.

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