Records of the Kent County Bureau of Social Services, 1933-1966.

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Records of the Kent County Bureau of Social Services, 1933-1966.

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Record group 72-98 consists of two sets of records of the Kent County, Michigan Bureau of Social Services. The first set of records are newspaper clippings relating to social welfare aid (1936-45). Subjects of the clippings include Works Progress Administration, National Youth Administration, social welfare aid, direct relief, federal and state programs, employment and unemployment, food distribution, migrant workers, and personnel. The second set of records are direct relief case files (1933-66). Offers supporting information or complaints, listing name; age; sex; race; case number; number in relief group; date of first application; place of legal settlement; residence; marriage; citizenship; military service; social status; number of members in household at home and away; dates and places of employment; institutional care; membership in unions, lodges, etc.; and remarks about church affiliation.

2 v. 1 mss. box.

State Archive of Michigan

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State Archive of Michigan

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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...

Kent County (Mich.). Bureau of Social Services.

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United States. National Youth Administration

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