New Jersey Federal Writers' Project papers, 1935-38.

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New Jersey Federal Writers' Project papers, 1935-38.

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1 Hollinger box contains manuscripts of writings, exhibition catalogs related to the exhibitions held by Federal Writers' Project at The Federal Art Gallery (Newark, N.J.), and lists and biographical sketches of the contemporary writers from Essex County, N.J. (1935-38).

0.42 linear ft. (1 Hollinger box)

Newark Public Library, Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7943718

Newark Public Library, Main 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...

Newark Public Library. New Jersey Reference Division

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Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey

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The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. It was part of the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program. From the description of New Jersey Federal Writers' Project papers, 1935-38. (Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library). WorldCat record id: 652477357 ...