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.

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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.

Maine Historical Society 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...

Maine Historical Society

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Founded in 1822, the Maine Historical Society is the third oldest historical society in the United States.The Maine Genealogical Society merged its genealogical book collections with MHS in 1922 and ceased to exist. A new organization with the same name was established in 1976. From the description of Maine Historical Society records, 1723-2006. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71128359 ...