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(Q1200079)

English

Works Progress Administration

United States government New Deal agency (1935–1939) employing millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects

  • WPA
  • Work Projects Administration
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part of
New Deal
start time
6 May 1935
end time
1939
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inception
6 May 1935
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image
WPA-Work-Pays-America-Poster.jpg
1,180 × 1,504; 1.59 MB
media legend
WPA poster encouraging laborers to work for America, showing a farmer and a laborer (English)
point in time
1930s
1 reference
reference URL
http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b48737/
retrieved
29 July 2020
country
United States of America
2 references
reference URL
https://www.loc.gov/collections/federal-writers-project/about-this-collection/
title
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1940 (English)
publisher
Library of Congress
retrieved
4 November 2019
reference URL
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/newdeal/fwp.html
title
New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources ; Federal Writers' Project (English)
publisher
Library of Congress
publication date
20 September 2018
retrieved
4 November 2019
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
30 June 1943
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plaque image
Bullens Field WPA plaque, Westfield MA.jpg
4,032 × 3,024; 2.33 MB
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Commons category
Works Progress Administration
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Identifiers

ISNI
0000000121718685
subject named as
United States Works Progress Administration eeeee
1 reference
stated in
International Standard Name Identifier
retrieved
5 November 2019
Library of Congress authority ID
n81081809
subject named as
United States. Works Progress Administration
alternative name
W.P.A.
Works Progress Administration (U.S.)
WPA
1 reference
stated in
Library of Congress Name Authority File
retrieved
4 November 2019
BabelNet ID
03361648n
1 reference
stated in
BabelNet
retrieved
5 November 2019
BHL creator ID
10379
object named as
United States. Work Projects Administration.
0 references
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Works-Progress-Administration
subject named as
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
title
Works Progress Administration (English)
1 reference
stated in
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
retrieved
5 November 2019
Kansaspedia ID
15175
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Met Constituent ID
163465
subject named as
New York City WPA
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Open Library ID
OL2330150A
subject named as
United States. Works Progress Administration.
number of works
12
1 reference
stated in
Open Library
retrieved
5 November 2019
OL4917856A
subject named as
United States. Works Progress Administration
number of works
6
1 reference
stated in
Open Library
retrieved
5 November 2019
OL3602571A
subject named as
Works Progress Administration
number of works
4
1 reference
stated in
Open Library
retrieved
5 November 2019
Open Library subject ID
united_states._works_progress_administration
number of works
27
subject named as
United States. Works Progress Administration
1 reference
stated in
Open Library
retrieved
5 November 2019
works_progress_administration
number of works
2
subject named as
Works Progress Administration
1 reference
stated in
Open Library
retrieved
5 November 2019
united_states._work_progress_administration
number of works
1
subject named as
United States. Work Progress Administration
1 reference
stated in
Open Library
retrieved
5 November 2019
openMLOL author ID
38197
0 references
SNAC ARK ID
w67b4x1k
subject named as
United States. Works Progress Administration
1 reference
stated in
SNAC
retrieved
5 November 2019
w6kt1qpd
subject named as
Works Progress Administration
1 reference
stated in
SNAC
retrieved
5 November 2019
 
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