United States Work Projects Administration records, 1524-1975

Collection Summary

Title	United States Work Projects Administration records, 1524-1975
Span Dates	1524-1975
Bulk Dates	(bulk 1935-1942)
ID No.	MSS55715
Creator	United States. Work Projects Administration.
Extent	409,000 items ; 1,634 containers plus 1 oversize ; 637.6 linear feet ; 63 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009053
LCCN Permalink	LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82055715