United States. Works Progress Administration
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1935 - 1939-
Biographical / Historical
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.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Emory W. Tappan papers
Collection
Identifier: 00065
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of sketches and (some with negatives and others photocopied with pictures of buildings) and survey notes (with related subdivision plat maps, blueprints, and correspondence) of Emory W. Tappan, a registered surveyor and civil engineer. Tappan's early association was with the firm Postiff and Tappan of Detroit, Michigan. Later, papers refer only to Emory W. Tappan, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, Registered, 413 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Michigan. Most of the...
Dates:
1928 - 1953
Works Progress Administration Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: 00264
Scope and Contents
he collection consists of a Works Progress Administration scrapbook with clippings and photos about projects in the Lansing, Jackson and Ingham county and surrounding areas. The cover of the scrapbook is titled "WPA Scrapbook sponsored by Fred L. Fulton 5th District, pastepot and scribe Phil Johnson, cartoonist L.E. Tedman,and features a cartoon of Fred Fulton on the cover.
The scrapbook includes are newspaper clippings about the projects, cartoons and drawings by L.E. Tedman about Fulton...
Dates:
1936-1937, undated