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The American Guide Series includes books and pamphlets published from 1937 to 1941 under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a Depression-era program that was part of the larger Works Progress Administration in the United States. The American Guide Series books were compiled by the FWP, but printed by individual states, and ...
The American Guide Series, the most well-known of FWP's publications, consisted of guides to the then 48 states, the Alaska Territory, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C. The books were written and compiled by writers from individual states and territories, and edited by Alsberg and his staff in Washington, D.C.
Poster by Albert M. Bender, Illinois WPA Art Project Chicago (1935) The most popular of all New Deal agencies – and Roosevelt's favorite– was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). [29] The CCC hired 250,000 unemployed young men to work for six months on rural projects.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.
For Works Progress Administration projects and artists in the state of Illinois. Pages in category "Works Progress Administration in Illinois" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
A Guide to the History of Illinois. (1991) Howard, Robert P. Illinois: A History of the Prairie State (1972). Howard, Robert P. Mostly Good and Competent Men: Illinois Governors 1818–1988 (1988) Hutchinson, William. Lowden of Illinois the Life of Frank O. Lowden 2 vol (1957) governor in 1917–21; Jensen, Richard.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Building [268] of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. The Hubert H. Humphrey Bridge carrying FL S.R. 520 over the Indian River Lagoon between Cocoa and Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida; The Hubert H. Humphrey Middle School in Bolingbrook, Illinois. [269]
Louisiana state senator from Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, 1964–1976; first president of the University of Louisiana System trustees, 1975–1980 [107] [108] Leander Perez (1891–1969) 1996: Political boss [109] Ralph Perlman (1917–2013) 2011: State budget director [110] Cecil J. Picard (1938–2007) 2006