The New Deal Legacy and Contemporary Scholarship, Part 1.
The "New Deal" Franklin Delano Roosevelt had promised the American people began to take shape immediately after his inauguration on March 4, 1933. The multi-faceted social, cultural and fiscal recovery program aimed to reform and reinvigorate national life, and to end the Great Depression. Many New Deal administrators believed that art could be a part of the daily lives of all Americans, not just…
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Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - American Folklife Center - Library of Congress. Music Division - Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division - Library of Congress - Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)