Records, 1935-1942.

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Records, 1935-1942.

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Letters, foreman's reports, tax commission weekly reports, reports on discrepancies found, work and family resource histories, employment cards, work schedules, time sheets, accident reports, claim sheets, map charts and plat maps. The letters include those to property owners explaining the program and asking their assistance in ascertaining information, those from project supervisors and numerous memos explaining how to fill out and use various forms. Reports on the workers, hours, progress and pay. Include maps for: Paris, Elbridge, Symmes, Ross, Brouillett Creek, Grandview, Kansas, Buck, Shiloh, Stratton, Young America, Edgar, Embarrass, Hunter and Prairie, Illinois.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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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...

Davis, Henry Macvey

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Edgar County, Illinois WPA.

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Federal government Works Project Administration program in Edgar County, Illinois to index and map county property in order to correct legal descriptions of property and names of owners for tax records. Harold B. Sherling was the state supervisor, Melvin G. Evelsizer the area project supervisor and Henry M. Davis the project foreman. From the description of Records, 1935-1942. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 51297868 ...

Evelsizer, Melvin G.

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Sherling, Harold B.

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