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United States. Works Progress Administration

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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.

Citation:
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 41 Collections and/or Records:

Nancy Woodburn-Watkins interview with Charles Lee Dalton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346568]
Identifier: MSS 2929
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Dalton was interviewed by Nancy Woodburn-Watkins in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Dalton spoke of life on the plantation where he was a slave. He also told about his and his master's families.

Dates: 1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nancy Woodburn-Watkins interview with Charles Lee Dalton

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