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The Historical Records Survey (HRS) was a project of the Works Progress Administration New Deal program in the United States. Originally part of the Federal Writers' Project, it was devoted to surveying and indexing historically significant records in state, county and local archives. The official mission statement was the "discovery ...
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) 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.
Part of the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Theatre Project was a New Deal program established August 27, 1935, [5]: 29 funded under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. Of the $ 4.88 billion allocated to the WPA, [ 6 ] $27 million was approved for the employment of artists , musicians , writers and actors under the WPA's ...
On October 25, 1910, Wong was born as Wong Gen Yeo, in Toisan, Kwangtung, China.Wong's father was "Ben" Sy Po Wong (1871-1935). Wong's mother was Lee See. [1]On December 30, 1919, Wong and his father boarded the ship S.S. China and sailed to California, U.S. [2] In 1920, when he was nine years old, Wong and his father immigrated to the United States, and never again came into contact with his ...
[2] [6]: 58–59 This contrasts with the work-relief mission of the Federal Art Project (1935–1943) of the Works Progress Administration, the largest of the New Deal art projects. So great was its scope and cultural impact that the term "WPA" is often mistakenly used to describe all New Deal art, including the U.S. post office murals.
The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) of the Works Progress Administration was the largest of the New Deal art projects. [1] As many as 10,000 artists [2] were employed to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, Index of American Design documentation, theatre scenic design, and arts and crafts. [3]
[14] [39] The supervisor of the library in Harlan County was Ann Richards, a WPA employee. [40] In 1936, the WPA began planning to open a pack horse library in Somerset, Kentucky. [41] The Somerset library was supervised by Imogene Dutton. [42] By 1937, there was a pack horse library in Whitley County. [14]
The River later served as the score for the 1983 TV movie The Day After. [4] The two films were sponsored by the U.S. government and specifically the Resettlement Administration (RA) to raise awareness about the New Deal. The RA was folded into the Farm Security Administration in 1937, so The River was officially an FSA production.