Papers, 1885-1946, bulk 1933-1946.

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...

Key, William Shaffer, 1889-1959

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William Shaffer Key (b. Oct. 6, 1889, Dudleyville, Alabama-d. Jan. 5, 1959), Major General in the National Guard, served on the Mexican border and with the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. He was called to active duty as commanding general of 45th Division (1940-1942), was provost marshal general in the European Theater, commanding general of U.S. Forces Iceland, and chief of U.S. Military Control Commission Hungary at the end of World War II. A decorated officer, General Key was...

Gassaway, P. L. (Percy Lee), 1885-1937

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Percy Gassaway, a practicing attorney and judge, was elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress (1935-1936) as a Democrat from Oklahoma's Fourth District. He was known as "Judge" and the "Cowboy Congressman" due to his distinctive attire. From the description of Congressional papers, 1924-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 45748109 ...

Disney, Wesley E. (Wesley Ernest), 1883-1961

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Disney, a Democrat, represented Oklahoma's First District in the U.S. House from 1931-1944. He also practiced law. From the description of Congressional papers, 1909-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 45789655 ...

Democratic Party (Okla.)

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Bassett, Mabel.

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Boren, Lyle H. (Lyle Hagler), 1909-1992

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Boren was a school teacher in Wolf, Oklahoma, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented Oklahoma's Fourth District from 1937 to 1946 and served on the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. He chaired the Subcommittee on Newsprint and Brand Names. He advocated labeling of consumer products in his book "Fables in Labels." After his congressional career, he returned to Oklahoma and became a rancher. From the description of Papers, 1885-1946, bulk 1933...

Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969

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Journalist. From the description of Papers of Drew Pearson, 1947-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74986025 Andrew Russell "Drew" Pearson (1897-1969) was a journalist who traveled extensively as a foreign correspondent for several newspapers, including the Baltimore Sun. In 1931, Pearson and Robert S. Allen anonymously co-authored a book entitled Washington Merry-Go-Round, with gossip about the Washington, D.C. higher-ups, President Herbert Hoover, and Congress. In 1932, ...

United States. National Youth Administration

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Veterans of Industry of America

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Finley, Ira Monroe, 1886-1981

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United States. Farm Security Administration

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The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was established within the United States Department of Agriculture to implement the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Tenant Act of 1937. The agency also took over certain functions of its predecessor, the Resettlement Administration (RA). The FSA made available and administered long-term loans to tenants and sharecroppers, loaned funds to rural cooperatives, and operated camps for migrant farm workers. The FSA was abolished in 1946; the Farmers Home Adminis...

Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976

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Business executive and U.S. postmaster general 1933-1940. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1949. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122446088 James A. Farley was a Democratic party leader and a U.S. Postmaster General. From the description of James A. Farley letter, 1971 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122411243 Politician. From the description of Reminiscences of James Aloysius ...

Boren, David, 1941-

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Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946

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Harry Lloyd Hopkins (1890-1946) was born in Sioux City, Iowa. After graduation from Grinnell College in 1912, he became a social worker in New York City with the Christadora Settlement House and the Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor (AICP). He was Executive Secretary of the New York Board of Child Welfare from 1915 to 1917 and worked for the American Red Cross in New Orleans and Atlanta from 1917 to 1921, when he rejoined the AICP in New York as Assistant Director. He headed t...

Ferris, Scott, 1877-1945

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Lawyer, Democratic politician, U.S. representative, Oklahoma Highway Commissioner, of Lawton, Okla. From the description of Papers, 1931-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974054 ...

Gaylord, Edward King, 1873-1974

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United States. Office of Price Administration

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Doris Razook lived in Savannah, Georgia. From the description of Doris Razook ration book, 1943. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 166147794 During World War II the Office of Price Administration (OPA) was the government agency that rationed most consumer goods and regulated their prices. Some of the rationed items included, tires, cars, gas, coffee, meats, and other food stuffs. OPA was in place for the duration of the war and continued operations until 1947...

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal agency, was created as part of the New Deal in 1935. From the description of Civilian Conservation Corps photograph collection [graphic]. 1936. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38548415 On March 31, 1933, congress passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. On April 5, the president appointed Robert Fechner of Tennessee as Director of Emergency Conservation Work. Fechner, a vic...

Axton, Mae Boren.

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Van Noy, George

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