WPA Milledgeville (Ga.) imprints, 1948, 1990

Summary

Creator:

United States. Works Progress Administration

Date:

1948, 1990

Extent:

0.5 Linear Feet 1 box

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

WPA Milledgeville (Ga.) imprints, ms2700, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists imprints, collected by Works Progress Administration workers as part of the "Southeastern Imprints Plan." The bulk of the imprints reflect works produced between the years 1808-1875, and several imprints reflect twentieth century dates.

Biographical / historical:

The WPA Federal Writers Project was a program established in the United States in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as part of the New Deal struggle against the Great Depression. It provided jobs for unemployed writers, editors, artists, and others in the field of humanities.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Imprints (Publishers' and printers' statements)

Preferred citation:

WPA Milledgeville (Ga.) imprints, ms2700, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.