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United States Works Progress Administration reports

Title: United States Works Progress Administration reports, 1934-1941.
Author: United States. Works Progress Administration.
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Description

.3 linear foot (1 box).

Summary

Collection consists of typed, carbon copies and near-print copies of reports on various projects sponsored by the New York Public Library and the Queens Borough Public Library which utilized WPA funds for relief workers.

Subject

Access (note)

Restricted access;

Biography (note)

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the U.S. government was the major relief agency of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal".

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Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 3108

OCLC

NYPW94-A368

Author

United States. Works Progress Administration.

Title

United States Works Progress Administration reports, 1934-1941.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the U.S. government was the major relief agency of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal". Supplanting the Civil Works Administration (an emergency temporary work relief program, 1933-1934), the WPA employed over two million Americans before its liquidation in 1941.

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New York Public Library.

Queens Borough Public Library.

United States. Federal Civil Works Administration.

Research Call Number

MssCol 3108

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