United States. Works Progress Administration
United States. Works Progress Administration
- [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.]
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Variants
W.P.A. Works Progress Administration (U.S.) WPA
Later Established Forms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
found: Barry, P. Folk music in America, 1939 (x-ref.) t.p. (Works Progress Administration)
found: Manual NAR for United States. Work Projects Administration (Works Progress Administration created 1935; name chd. to Work Projects Administration, 1939)
found: Strike news (Allentown, Pa. : 1935), Sept. 12, 1935, surrogate: caption (W.P.A.); Sept. 25, 1935, surrogate: p. 1 (WPA)
found: Wikipedia, Mar. 2, 2011 (Works Progress Administration; New Deal government agency involved in public works programs; employed millions of Americans)
General Notes
- [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.]
Change Notes
1981-07-31: new
2013-01-07: revised
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