United States. Works Progress Administration
Biography
The Works Progress Administration was a government agency involved in public works programs. The agency was established in 1935 as part of the New Deal, and employed millions of Americans. The program was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939.
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Encylopedia Brittanica, via www, February 2, 2022 (The Works Progress Administration was a government agency involved in public works programs. The agency was established in 1935 as part of the New Deal, and employed millions of Americans. The program was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939)Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:
T. Pat Matthews interview with George W. Harris
T. Pat Matthews interview with Hannah Crasson
T. Pat Matthews interview with Jane Arrington
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Arrington was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Arrington gives an overall description of her life as a slave. She talks about housing, food, children's games, work responsibilities, and families. She explains her master's philosophy on slave beatings and the slave trade.
T. Pat Matthews interview with Jerry Hinton
T. Pat Matthews interview with Joe High
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. High was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. High talks about plantation life and tells of what he saw and experienced as a slave child. He says that his master fed and clothed him well and that he was content with slavery. He talks about the Yankees and the master's wife.
T. Pat Matthews interview with John C. Bectom
T. Pat Matthews interview with Kitty Hall
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Hill was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Hill shares information related to her by her mother. His mother claimed that she was treated well except by "patterollers," and tells of the Yankees at the planatation. Hill also tells about the Ku Klux Klan.
T. Pat Matthews interview with Lizzie Baker
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Baker was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Baker relates stories about her parents' desires for freedom and attempts to escape from slavery. She tells about siblings she never met because they were sold away, and she expresses great love for President Franklin Roosevelt.
T. Pat Matthews interview with Louisa Covington Adams
T. Pat Matthews interview with Margaret E. Dickens
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Dickens was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections.