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ArticleIntroduction - American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 - Digital Collections Mrs. Hannegan (right) runs a boarding house for girls working in war plants. Marjory Collins. Photograph, 1943. (LC-USW3-27727-D). During the Great Depression of the 1930s, when as many as one out of four Americans could not find jobs, the federal government stepped in to become the employer of last resort. The Works Progress Administration (WPA), an ambitious New Deal program, put 8,500,000 jobless to...
- Date: 1936
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Peter McDonald]
- Contributor: Hartley, Helen S. - McDonald, Peter
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[The Life of Jim Davis]
- Contributor: Hartley, Helen S. - Davis, Jim
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[A Visit to a Farming Dairy at Chunchula, Ala.]
- Contributor: Hartley, Helen S. - Sturtevant, Charles A.
- Date: 1938
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Book/Printed Material[Jim Lewis, Turpentine Worker]
- Contributor: Hartley, Helen S. - Lewis, Jim
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[History of career (import) of J.H. Kimbrough]
- Contributor: Reese, Marie - Himbrough, J. H.
- Date: 1939-03-29
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Book/Printed Material[Sign painters]
- Contributor: Aaron, Abe - P.M
- Date: 1939-05-04
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Book/Printed Material[Taverns]
- Contributor: Marius, Philip - Aaron, Abe
- Date: 1939-05-11
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Margaret Hawley]
- Contributor: Burke, Betty - Hawley, Margaret
- Date: 1934-06-19
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Mary Kruppiak]
- Contributor: Burke, Betty - Kruppiak, Mary
- Date: 1939-04-05
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Jesse Perez]
- Contributor: Burke, Betty - Perez, Jesse
- Date: 1939-06-21
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Mrs. Betty Piontkowsky]
- Contributor: Burke, Betty - Piontkowsky, Betty
- Date: 1939-04-05
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Lil Shaw]
- Contributor: Burke, Betty - Shaw, Lil
- Date: 1939-05-12
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Mary Siporin]
- Contributor: Burke, Betty - Siporin, Mary
- Date: 1939-04-19
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Jean Solter]
- Contributor: Burke, Betty - Solter, Jean
- Date: 1939-06-20
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Julia Strikowski]
- Contributor: Burke, Betty - Strikowski, Julia
- Date: 1939-06-16
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Elmer Thomas]
- Contributor: Burke, Betty - Thomas, Elmer
- Date: 1939-05-11
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Estelle Zabritz[ki]]
- Contributor: Burke, Betty - Zabritzki, Estelle
- Date: 1939-05-04
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Hank's Specials]
- Contributor: Colnon, John - Stradling, J. D.
- Date: 1939-04-19
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Book/Printed Material[Arthur Botsford]
- Contributor: Donovan, Francis - Botsford, Arthur
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[E.R. Kaiser]
- Contributor: Donovan, Francis - Kaiser, E.R.
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Book/Printed Material["Leiderkranz"]
- Contributor: Donovan, Francis - Botsford, Art - Mr. Birkenbirger
- Date: 1938-12-16
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Book/Printed Material[It's pretty hard to get a job these days]
- Contributor: Donovan, Francis - Mr. Coburn
- Date: 1939-01-10
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[A. J. Manning's Reminiscences]
- Contributor: Burnell, Elvira S. - Manning, A. J.
- Date: 1939-03-23
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