W.P.A. Writer's Project Atlanta photographs

Descriptive Summary
Title: W.P.A. Writer's Project Atlanta photographs
Creator: United States. Works Progress Administration
Inclusive Dates: 1940
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.3 Linear Feet 1 half box, 1 oversized folder
Collection Number: ms2860
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

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, and research workers. Directed by Henry G. Alsberg, it operated in all states and at one time employed 6,600 men and women. The American Guide series, the project's most important achievement, included guides for every state and territory (except Hawaii), as well as for Washington, D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Philadelphia; for several major highways (U.S. 1, Ocean Highway, Oregon Trail); and for scores of towns, villages, and counties. The state guides, encyclopaedic in scope, combined travel information with essays on geography, architecture, history, and commerce. The project also produced ethnic studies, folklore collections, local histories, nature studies-a total of more than 1,000 books and pamphlets. Encyclopedia Britannica Online http://www.britannica.com (Retrieved September 15, 2009)

Scope and Content

The collection consists of sixty photographs of Atlanta-related scenes, showing buildings, homes, downtown views, parks, sports, and recreation. Photographs include images of the Atlanta Municipal Airport, City Hall, Emory University, the Gone With The Wind premier, and Spelman College among others.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

W.P.A. Writer's Project Atlanta photographs, ms2860, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 October 16.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related materials available in the following collections of this repository: W.P.A Writer's Program photographs of Georgia, ms2861; W.P.A. Georgia Writers Project, ms1500; Works Progress Administration in Georgia photographs, ms996.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Abreuer Home

 

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All Saints Church

 

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Atlanta Municipal Airport

 

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Baltimore Block

 

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Calhoun (Andrew) House

 

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Cathedral of Christ the King

 

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Church of the Immaculate Conception

 

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8

Church (unidentified)

 

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City Hall

 

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10

Civil War (3)

 

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Cyclorama

 

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Dogwoods

 

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Emory University, Law Building

 

1

14

Emory University, Theological Building (2)

 

1

15

Glenn Memorial Methodist Church (2)

 

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16

Gone With the Wind-Premier

 

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Gordon (John) Monument

 

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Grady (Henry W.) Monument

 

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Housing Projects, Apartments (3)

 

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Inman (Mrs. Edward) Home

 

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Inman (Mrs. Samuel M.) Home

 

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Kimball? Building

 

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Nunnally (Hugh) Home (2)

 

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Ogden (John M.) Home

 

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25

Parade

 

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Parks, Recreation, Sports (8)

 

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Peachtree St. Residence

 

1

28

Ponce de Leon Baptist Church

 

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Post Office Annex

 

1

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Residential Areas (4)

 

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Rhodes Memorial Hall

 

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Spelman College, Listers Chapel

 

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State Capitol (3)

 

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View, 1867

 

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Views, Downtown (5)

 

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Wren Nest

 

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Stone Mountain