Margaret Harrington papers, 1935-2002, bulk, 1935-1937.

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Margaret Harrington papers, 1935-2002, bulk, 1935-1937.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/740955736

Collection of correspondence, newspapers clippings and photographs concerning the career of Margaret Harrington with the Works Progress Administration in Washington from 1935 to 1937. She served as supervisor of Women's and Professional projects for Eastern Washington and the collection primarily documents her work with the WPA. There are several photographs present from the WPA, but the collection also contains a photograph of Mrs. Harry Baer and some family information supplied by Margaret Harrington's daughter, Virginia Bush.

1 box (.25 linear ft.)

Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch

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SNAC Resource ID: 8112618

Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch

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United States. Works Progress Administration (Wash.)

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The Works Progress Administration was created by federal legislation on May 6, 1935 to provide jobs for the unemployed who were able to work. The WPA provided oversight and administration for projects that were individually sponsored by Federal, state and local agencies. In Washington State, WPA workers constructed public buildings, roads, parks, and bridges, while skilled artists, writers, and others participated in the Federal Arts Project, the Federal Music Project, the Federal Theater Projec...

Harrington, Margaret Victor Bishop, 1894-1994.

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Harrington was born Margaret Bishop in Colfax, Washington in 1894. She married Jason Robert Harrington in 1914 and when he died in the 1930s, she got a job working for the WPA. She resigned that position in 1937 and then moved to Lewiston, where she worked for the Idaho Dept. of Public Assistance until her retirement in 1958. She then moved to San Carlos, California where she lived until her death at age 100 in 1994. From the description of Margaret Harrington papers, 1935-2002, bulk...