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| | The WPA |
 | | Brought into being on May 6, 1935, as an independent agency funded directly by Congress, the Works Progress Administration was the Federal Government’s most ambitious undertaking yet to provide employment for the jobless. | | | With the establishment of the WPA in 1935, the Federal Art Project (FAP) began as a part of Federal One with Holger Cahill as its director. | | | Created to replace earlier attempts to bring the Depression under control with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), the Public Works Administration (PWA), and the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the purpose of the Works Progress Administration was to provide jobs for the unemployed who were able to work. |
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| | Federally funded construction projects put thousands of idle men and women to work and refashioned much of the cityscape: Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Public Works Administration expenditures resulted in the completion of Lake Shore Drive from Foster Avenue to Jackson Park, including the Outer Drive Bridge, as well as the State Street Subway. | | | The Home Owners Loan Corporation and the Federal Housing Administration provided emergency loans and underwrote mortgages so that increasing numbers of the middle and working classes could enjoy the benefits of homeownership. | | | Federal government funds provided for the building of 30 new schools and the city's first public housing projects. |
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| | Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Harry Hopkins |
| | As administrator (1933-8) of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, he strongly influenced reform enactment, including the Works Progress Administration. | | | When Roosevelt became president, Hopkins became director of New Deal relief agencies such as the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (1933), Civil Works Administration (1933-4), and Works Projects Administration (1935-40). | | | It created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) which was allocated an initial fund of $500,000,000 to help those in need. |
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| | New Deal/WPA History |
| | - funds from the Works Progress Administration/Emergency Relief granted to the Treasury Department- | | | Work done by the WPA artists was available for allocation to tax-supported and partially tax-supported institutions. | | | Section is transferred from the Treasury Department to the Federal Works Agency. |
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| | Oklahoma National Register Properties |
| | DOCUMENTATION SOURCES: (CONT) HISTORICAL ANNUAL: NATIONAL GUARD OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, 1938, BATON ROUGE, LA: ARMY AND NAVY PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1938; "INDEX TO REFERENCE CARDS FOR WORKS PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION PROJECT FILES, 1935-1942", WASHINGTON D.C.: WPA, 1942, MICRO T-935, REEL 54. | | | CONSTRUCTION OF THIS HANDSOME BUILDING STRADDLED TWO FEDERAL RELIEF PROGRAMS, THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION (FERA) AND THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA). | | | PAUL PRINS - ARCHITECT / FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION - BUILDER |
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| | WPA Federal Art Project |
| | To qualify for work in FAP, artists had to meet the professional standards as artists, and also the relief requirements of their state WPA relief board. | | | Joan van Breeman's bas relief sculptures were placed in 127 public schools, libraries and public buildings according to one WPA document. | | | This program was short lived, however, Harry Hopkins transitioning from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), created the Federal Arts Project (FAP) in 1935 and directed by Holger Cahill. |
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| | Inventory of the Dorothy I. Cline Papers, 1915-1990 (bulk 1941-1987) |
| | Dotty, as her friends often called her, worked for many New Deal era governmental agencies: Works Progress Administration, National Youth Agency, Office of Price Administration, Public Housing Authority and United National Clothing Company. | | | She worked in the 1930s on the building and maintenance of the Federal Housing Authority's community of Willow Run, Michigan. | | | Office of Education - New Deal youth programs - Correspondence, memos, reports, 1934-1936 |
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| | The dam was part of a Works Progress Administration project in Comanche County, Oklahoma. | | | Crane and 1920s vintage truck used by the Works Progress Administration in construction on Highway 9, Hughes County, Oklahoma. | | | Concrete bridge built by the Works Progress Administration on Highway 9 in Hughes County, Oklahoma. |
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| | Works Progress Administration - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Works Progress Administration |
| | Works Progress Administration: see Work Projects Administration Work Projects Administration (WPA), former U.S. government agency, established in 1935 by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the Works Progress Administration; it was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939, when it was made part of the Federal Works Agency. | | | Works Progress Administration - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Works Progress Administration | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | Works Progress Administration: see Work Projects Administration Work Projects Administration (WPA), former U.S. government agency, established in 1935 by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the Works Progress Administration; it was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939, when it was made part of the Federal Works Agency. | | | Works Progress Administration - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Works Progress Administration | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | Works Progress Administration: see Work Projects Administration Work Projects Administration (WPA), former U.S. government agency, established in 1935 by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the Works Progress Administration; it was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939, when it was made part of the Federal Works Agency. | | | Works Progress Administration - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Works Progress Administration | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | Works Progress Administration: see Work Projects Administration Work Projects Administration (WPA), former U.S. government agency, established in 1935 by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the Works Progress Administration; it was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939, when it was made part of the Federal Works Agency. | | | Works Progress Administration - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Works Progress Administration | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | The dam was part of a Works Progress Administration project in Comanche County, Oklahoma. | | | Crane and 1920s vintage truck used by the Works Progress Administration in construction on Highway 9, Hughes County, Oklahoma. | | | Concrete bridge built by the Works Progress Administration on Highway 9 in Hughes County, Oklahoma. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Work Projects Administration (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia |
| | Work Projects Administration (WPA), former U.S. government agency, established in 1935 by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the Works Progress Administration; it was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939, when it was made part of the Federal Works Agency. | | | Close to 10,000 drawings, paintings, and sculptured works were produced through WPA, and many public buildings (especially post offices) were decorated with murals. | | | Also a part of WPA's diversified activities were the Federal Art Project, the Federal Writers' Project, and the Federal Theatre Project. |
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| | The dam was part of a Works Progress Administration project in Comanche County, Oklahoma. | | | Crane and 1920s vintage truck used by the Works Progress Administration in construction on Highway 9, Hughes County, Oklahoma. | | | Delaware County Courthouse, a stone building constructed by the Works Progress Administration. |
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| | Airport School, a single story brick school west of the airport in Oklahoma County, built by the Works Progress Administration. | | | Woodward Community Building, a two-story stone building built by the Works Progress Administration. | | | Wewoka Community Building, a wood and stone building built by the Works Progress Administration. |
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| | Oklahoma City Airport under construction by Works Progress Administration workers. | | | Okmulgee Negro School, a single story stone school built by the Works Progress Administration. | | | Boat house at Lake Okmulgee built by the Works Progress Administration. |
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| | Oklahoma City Airport under construction by Works Progress Administration workers. | | | Airport School, a single story brick school west of the airport in Oklahoma County, built by the Works Progress Administration. | | | Wewoka Community Building, a wood and stone building built by the Works Progress Administration. |
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| | Lake Overholser shoreline showing work done by the Works Progress Administration to reinforce the bank. | | | Lake Overholser boat dock, built by the Works Progress Administration. | | | Lake Okmulgee parking area built by the Works Progress Administration. |
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| | The WPA |
| | In spite of the fact that the Works Progress Administration was generally considered to have been a success, it was not without its political detractors. | | | Created to replace earlier attempts to bring the Depression under control with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), the Public Works Administration (PWA), and the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the purpose of the Works Progress Administration was to provide jobs for the unemployed who were able to work. | | | Fifty percent of the FAP workers were directly engaged in creating works of art, while 10 to 25 percent worked in art education; the rest worked in art research. |
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| | Tomfolio.com: Collectible Series, WPA Books |
| | Works Progress Administration Illustrator: Illustrated by Black and White Photos LOUISIANA A Guide to the State Publisher: Hastings House New York NY 1945. | | | Works Progress Administration VERMONT A Guide to the Green Mountain State Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Boston, MA 1937. | | | Works Progress Administration Publisher: Washington D.C., United Stated Government Printing Office, March 16, 1936. |
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| | Delaware County Courthouse, a stone building constructed by the Works Progress Administration. | | | The dam was part of a Works Progress Administration project in Comanche County, Oklahoma. | | | People gathering for an Easter pageant in a stone building constructed by the Works Progress Administration. |
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| | Delaware County Courthouse, a stone building constructed by the Works Progress Administration. | | | Altus Library, a stone single story building built by the Works Progress Administration. | | | People gathering for an Easter pageant in a stone building constructed by the Works Progress Administration. |
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| | The EXHIBITION CHECKLIST |
| | NEW JERSEY: A GUIDE TO ITS PRESENT AND PAST/Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey.—New York: Viking Press, 1939.—xxxii, 735 p.: ill., maps, bandw photos; 21 cm.—(American Guide Series). | | | Stories of New Jersey: its significant places, people and activities/Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey; sponsored by the New Jersey Association of Teachers of Social Studies; New Jersey Guild Associates, Inc., co-operating sponsor.—New York: M. Barrows, 1938.—422 p.: ill., maps; 19.5 cm. | | | NEW HAMPSHIRE: A GUIDE TO THE GRANITE STATE/Written by Workers of the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Hampshire.—Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938.—xxix, 559 p.: ill., maps, bandw photos; 21 cm.—(American Guide Series). |
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| | Wewoka Community Building, a wood and stone building built by the Works Progress Administration. | | | Woodward Community Building, a two-story stone building built by the Works Progress Administration. | | | Oklahoma City Airport under construction by Works Progress Administration workers. |
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| | Osage Memorial Building, a single story stone museum built by the Works Progress Administration. | | | Oklahoma City Airport under construction by Works Progress Administration workers. | | | Indian artifacts displayed inside the Osage Memorial Building built by the Works Progress Administration. |
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