Arthur F.R. Fitzgerald : scrapbook, 1935-1936.

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Arthur F.R. Fitzgerald : scrapbook, 1935-1936.

Subjects of clipped articles include the role of the Works Project Administration (WPA), Frank Frost, Omaha parks commisssioner, and Arthur F.R. Fitzgerald, Omaha parks engineer, in projects to improve municipal parks and the Omaha municipal airport. Sheet announces a meeting at which Arthur F.R. Fitzgerald is to discuss improvements to the airport, parks, and recreation centres of Omaha.

2 items : ill. (1 col.), ports. ; 30 cm.

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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...

Frost, Frank, 1947-....

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Fitzgerald, Arthur F. R.

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