Biography of J.R. Stephens, [19--].

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Biography of J.R. Stephens, [19--].

Sheet typed biography relating to J.R. Stephens, state director of Works Progress Administration, covering years 1891-1958.

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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...

Stephens, Joseph Rhonda, 1891-1958

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Stephens, J. R., Mrs.

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