Oral history interview, 1982.

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Oral history interview, 1982.

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Interview with Stratton, at East Millinocket, Me., about her work in the WPA sewing project during the Depression and her memories of W.W. II.

1 audiotape (2 hr.)

Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, Maine Folklife Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 8056232

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Maine Women During the Depression and W.W. II Project

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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...

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Stratton, Ruby

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