Title:
WPA art remains long after the Great Depression era
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Great Depression and the Works Progress Administration [WPA]
Local WPA art and records
Local WPA art and records
Object ID:
Kim07-093
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
05/04/2000
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
The Works Progress Administration [WPA] was one of FDRs most successful economic recovery programs. It did everything from building 650,000 miles of road, 8,000 parks, erected 112,000 public buildings, provided lunches for undernourished school-children, furnished clothing for the needy, conducted art classes for the insane, ran a mobile library, supported the Federal Writers Project, produced the renowned Hale collection listing inscriptions on local gravestones, supported a Federal Theater Project, and provided work to artists. WPA murals still adorn Norwalk City Hall and represent one ot the largest collections of WPA art in the country. The library at Mystic Seaport stores original New London Custom House records, another WPA project.
People:
Brauer, Irene
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Pres.)
Cuming, Beatrice
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Pres.)
Cuming, Beatrice
Search Terms:
The Works Progress Administration [WPA]
Great Depression
FDR programs
Federal Writers Project
Hale collection
listed local gravestones
Federal Theater Project
WPA murals
Norwalk City Hall
library at Mystic Seaport
New London Custom House records (original)
Noblel School at Willimantic
Great Depression
FDR programs
Federal Writers Project
Hale collection
listed local gravestones
Federal Theater Project
WPA murals
Norwalk City Hall
library at Mystic Seaport
New London Custom House records (original)
Noblel School at Willimantic