Works Progress Administration Tampa office records, 1917-1943.

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Works Progress Administration Tampa office records, 1917-1943.

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Materials, manuscripts, and typescripts from the Tampa office of the WPA, largely related to the Florida edition of the American guides series. Also contains field manuals for employees and administrative reports on the Writers' Projects and WPA in Florida and correspondence and research materials by Stetson Kennedy and Carita Dogget Corse.

24 linear ft. (39 boxes)

University of South Florida, USF Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8086683

University of South Florida, USF Library

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United States. Florida Works Progress Administration

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The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the New Deal program to create jobs for the millions of Americans unemployed as a result of the Great Depression. Through a series of projects called Federal One, the WPA became the largest federal relief program, employing nearly one-third of the nation's jobless. WPA Projects included the Federal Arts Project, Federal Music Project, Federal Theater Project, and the Federal Writers' Project...

United States. Work Projects Administration (Fla.)

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