United States. Work Projects Administration records, 1524-1975

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Collection Summary

Title	United States. Work Projects Administration records, 1524-1975
Inclusive Dates	1524-1975
Bulk Dates	1935-1942
ID No.	MSS55715
Creator	United States. Work Projects Administration.
Extent	409,000 items
Extent	1,634 containers plus 1 oversize
Extent	637.6 linear feet
Extent	63 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009053
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82055715
Summary	Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, essays, scripts, plays, life histories, folklore material, field reports, notes, transcripts of documents, inventories, lists, statements, instructions, surveys and appraisals, graphs, drawings, maps, indexes, and administrative records of the Federal Writer's Project and the Historical Records Survey of the U.S. Work Projects Administration. Also includes a research library of reports and publications documenting social welfare programs of the Depression era.
Online Content	Selected items from the United States Work Projects Administration Records and related collections are available on the Library of Congress Web site at the following links: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs at https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsac/ American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000007 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000008 Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey at https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/ Posters: WPA Posters at https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/ California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collected by Sidney Robertson Cowellat https://www.loc.gov/collections/sidney-robertson-cowell-northern-california-folk-music/about-this-collection/ Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 at https://www.loc.gov/collections/florida-folklife-from-the-works-progress-administration/about-this-collection/ Federal Theatre Project, 1935 to 1939 at https://www.loc.gov/collections/federal-theatre-project-1935-to-1939/about-this-collection/ Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection at https://www.loc.gov/collection/todd-and-sonkin-migrant-workers-from-1940-to-1941/about-this-collection/