WPA broadsides relating to Maine, Massachusetts, and World War I, 1700-1939.

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WPA broadsides relating to Maine, Massachusetts, and World War I, 1700-1939.

Broadsides relating to Maine in the Maine Historical Society (v. 1, 1700-1869); broadsides relating to Maine in the Maine Historical Society, (v. 2, 1870-1939); Massachusetts broadsides in the Maine Historical Society (v. 3, 1703-1932); and World War I broadsides (v. 4, 1917-1918).

3 flat boxes and oversized in flat files.

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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...

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