Works Progress Administration (WPA) of Georgia miscellaneous papers, 1934-1942

Summary

Creator:

Hargrett Library

Date:

1934-1942

Extent:

1 Linear Feet 2 boxes

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Works Progress Administration (WPA) of Georgia miscellaneous papers, ms3674, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of miscellaneous writings and compilations of historical records collected and compiled by workers of the Works Progress Administration of Georgia and Georgia Writers' Project from 1934-1942. Inculded are the Works Progress Administration of Georgia History Records Survey, Field Worker's Correspondence Forms; State Editorial Identification Forms; Questionnaire to all mayors for data on points of interest in cities; Federal Writer's Project, Instructions for Architectural Series, American Building Materials; and correspondence from Works Progress Administration of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, regarding compilation of The American Guide and the State Guide. The remainder of the collection contains histories of Georgia cities, towns, and people, including (but not limited to) hospitals, parks, military organizations, landmarks, music, architecture, and agriculture.

Related

Other descriptive data:

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) of Georgia miscellaneous papers collection is an aggregation of papers culled from vertical files that were housed in the Georgia Room at The University of Georgia Main Library. Due to the move from the Main Library to the Special Collections Libraries building in 2012, the vertical files were dismantled. Materials in this collection, donated over the course of a few years, were donated by different members of the Work's Progress Administration, and now make up Works Progress Administration (WPA) of Georgia miscellaneous papers.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Correspondence
Forms (documents)
Rules (instructions)
Records (documents)

Names:

United States. Works Progress Administration of Georgia
United States. Works Progress Administration
Federal Writers' Project

Preferred citation:

Works Progress Administration (WPA) of Georgia miscellaneous papers, ms3674, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.