Albuquerque Federal Forum Project scrapbook, 1938-1939.

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Albuquerque Federal Forum Project scrapbook, 1938-1939.

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The Albuquerque Federal Forum Project scrapbook documents the Public Affairs Forums held in Albuquerque in 1938 and 1939. The forums were created by the U.S. Office of Education as a vehicle for adult education about civic matters. This program was tied in with Works Progress Administration and New Deal initiatives. The scrapbook has uniquely hand decorated wood covers. It contains a poster for each of the local forums, as well as news clippings about specific lectures, publicity, biographies for each of the 1938 lecturers, a narrative and statistics about the 1938 program, feedback questionaires from the 1938 season, and a letter from Ray Paschal of the U.S. Office of Education describing his experience with the program.

1 box (.4 cu. ft.)

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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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...

Federal Forum Project (U.S.)

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Albuquerque Federal Forum Project.

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In the late 1930's, Albuquerque was selected as a "Federal Demonstration Center" to promote adult education focusing on free inquiry and discussion of public affairs issues. The Albuquerque Public Affairs Forum was modeled after the Federal Public Affairs Forum sponsored by the Department of Interior, Office of Education. The purpose of the program was to strengthen democracy by stimulating public thinking about important civic problems. The Albuquerque Federal Forum Project was loc...