U.S. Office of Territories photograph collection, 1935. [graphic].

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U.S. Office of Territories photograph collection, 1935. [graphic].

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The photographs in this collection were obtained from the National Archives, Record Group No. 126 and National Archives' identification number is cross-referenced in the finding aid. The images were photographed by Willis T. Geisman, official photographer for the Alaska Rural Relief Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony project in 1935. He produced four albums spanning April to October 1935. The albums were dispersed to several locations including the Alaska Historical Collections (PCA 270). "Geisman's work is of tremendous importance in its documentation of the Colony's history and its technical skill, artistic and documentary style."[Fox, James H., Palmer, AK].

35 photoprints : b&w.

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United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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In order to counteract the effects of the Depression, the Federal Government founded numerous agencies geared at lowering unemployment and boosting the economy. Among these were the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), created on May 12, 1933; the Civil Works Administration (CWA), established on November 9, 1933; and the Works Progress Administration (WPA-1), established on May 6, 1935. The Civil Works Administration was abolished in March, 1934, with its functions and records transfe...

Geisman, Willis T.

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Matanuska Valley Colony (Alaska)

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The organization was established in 1935 under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration's program of organizing rural rehabilitation organizations in the United States. It was the administrative agency over the Matanuska Valley Colony in Palmer and was responsible for providing land and houses for the colonists, and for governing the colony. From the description of Photograph album, 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42926795 ...

Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation

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United States. Office of Territories

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The Matanuska Valley Colony, one of President Roosevelt's New Deal relief projects, was a cooperative agricultural colony created in Palmer, Territory of Alaska, around 1935. It was created by the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, an Alaskan corporation, with funding from the U.S. Federal Emergency Relief Administration through the U.S. Office of Territories. Two-hundred three families, mostly from Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, were invited to join the Colony. They arrived in Palmer ...