E. Howard Hinkle/WPA papers, 1935-1937.

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E. Howard Hinkle/WPA papers, 1935-1937.

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Professional papers of E. Howard Hinkle reflecting his employment as WPA foreman on the Lake Warren Dam project, including identification cards, blueprints, blank forms, foreman records, employment and time sheets, injury report forms and memoranda, WPA directives, a souvenir program from the dedication of the dam of Bucks County Federation of Sportsman's Clubs (1937), and package of 10 iodine swabs.

15 folders.

Bucks County Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8062768

Bucks County Historical Society

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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...

Bucks County Federation of Sportsman's Clubs

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Hinkle, E. Howard, 1900-1991

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Resident of Plumstead, Pa.; in 1935 and 1936 employed through the U.S. Works Progress Administration as a foreman on the Lake Warren Dam project in Nockamixon Twp., Bucks County, Pa. From the description of E. Howard Hinkle/WPA papers, 1935-1937. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70974201 ...