Historic American Buildings Survey records, 1938-1940 and 1954-1963.

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Historic American Buildings Survey records, 1938-1940 and 1954-1963.

Inventories (carbon copies) and photos (1954-1963) of historical buildings in 137 Connecticut towns and cities; together with Federal Writers' Project census of old buildings (1938-1940) for Ansonia, Derby, and New Haven.

6 in. (ca. 250 items)

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Federal writer's project

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Hinton was a former slave who was living in North Carolina at the time of the interview. From the guide to the Martha Adeline Hinton interview, 1937, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) One of the first actions by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s was to extend federal work relief to the unemployed. One such relief program was the Works Progress Administration, which FDR established in 1933. By 1941 the WPA had provided empl...

Historic American Building Survey (San Francisco, Calif.)

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The Hampton Lillibridge House was built in 1796 by Rhode Island native, Hampton Lillibridge in the traditional New England style. The house was originally located at 310 East Bryan Street in Savannah, Georgia, but when it was purchased by antiques dealer, Jim Williams, in 1963 it was moved to its present location at 507 East Julian Street in Savannah, where it is known as one of Savannah's most haunted homes. From the description of Hampton Lillibridge House architectural drawings, 1...