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Michael Alen Hale Florida Works Progress Administration photographs, 1936-1937

 

Summary

Abstract:
This collection consists of black and white photographs depicting events and construction projects of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), primarily in Hillsborough County and the Tampa Bay area. Also included is the Works Progress Administration Conference Card of Frank P. Ingram, State Director.
Extent:
1 boxes
0.25 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Michael Alen Hale Florida Works Progress Administration photographs, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of black and white photographs and a Works Progress Administration Conference Card.

Biographical / historical:

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the New Deal program. The primary function of the WPA was to create jobs for the millions of unemployed Americans as a result of the Great Depression. Through a series of projects called Federal One, the WPA became the largest federal relief program, employing nearly one-third of the nation's jobless. WPA Projects included the Federal Arts Project, Federal Music Project, and the Federal Writers' Project. During World War II, the focus of the WPA shifted toward national defense and, eventually, into war preparation. WPA agencies were closed in 1943.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged topically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Michael Alen Hale Florida Works Progress Administration photographs, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA