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United States. Works Progress Administration

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1935-1939-06-30- - 1939

Biographical / Historical

The Works Progress Administration was a government agency involved in public works programs. The agency was established in 1935 as part of the New Deal, and employed millions of Americans. The program was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

1936 WPA Projects, 1987-05-03

 Item
Content Description From the Collection:

Six scrapbooks contain all thirty years of the weekly local history columns written by Mrs. Rouse for the Santa Barbara News-Press newspaper. Numbering approximately 1,500, the articles are cataloged by keywords in the Gledhill Library Subject Index. See Arrangement note for date range of articles within each scrapbook.

Dates: Publication: 1987-05-03

Stewart (Dean) Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-211
Dates: Publication: 1975 - 2000
Found in: Gledhill Library

UCSB - the years on the Mesa campus, 1981-01-25

 Item
Content Description From the Collection:

Six scrapbooks contain all thirty years of the weekly local history columns written by Mrs. Rouse for the Santa Barbara News-Press newspaper. Numbering approximately 1,500, the articles are cataloged by keywords in the Gledhill Library Subject Index. See Arrangement note for date range of articles within each scrapbook.

Dates: Publication: 1981-01-25

Works Progress Administration Projects in Santa Barbara, 1988-08-14

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Content Description From the Collection:

Six scrapbooks contain all thirty years of the weekly local history columns written by Mrs. Rouse for the Santa Barbara News-Press newspaper. Numbering approximately 1,500, the articles are cataloged by keywords in the Gledhill Library Subject Index. See Arrangement note for date range of articles within each scrapbook.

Dates: Publication: 1988-08-14

WPA Project Improved Road to Camp Comfort, 1990-09-30

 Item
Content Description From the Collection:

Six scrapbooks contain all thirty years of the weekly local history columns written by Mrs. Rouse for the Santa Barbara News-Press newspaper. Numbering approximately 1,500, the articles are cataloged by keywords in the Gledhill Library Subject Index. See Arrangement note for date range of articles within each scrapbook.

Dates: Publication: 1990-09-30