Queens County, W.P.A.-Great Depression [vertical file] / [compiled by the Archives at Queens Library].

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Queens County, W.P.A.-Great Depression [vertical file] / [compiled by the Archives at Queens Library].

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Consists of newspaper clippings and pamphlets. Material is still being added when appropriate. Clippings are photocopied onto acid free paper and bound when sufficient material accumulates.

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Queens Borough Public 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...

Archives at Queens Library

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