Creator: Work Projects Administration (RG 60).

Collection Summary: Requests and purchase orders for office supplies for the Federal Writers’ Project and Historical Records Survey. Also present are requests for particular workers for particular projects and locations, mostly the Historical Records Survey. Worker requisitions include the worker’s name, number of hours required, pay rate, and the date, time and location to begin work. Supply requisitions date from 1936-1939, and worker requisitions date from 1938-1939; files are arranged chronologically such that there are files for workers and supplies in both boxes.

Access Restrictions: None.

Date(s): 1936-1939.

Volume: 1.00 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in August 2024.

Related Materials: TBD

Record Group History: The Works Projects Administration (WPA) was a federal program established on May 6th, 1935, in order to increase employment during the Great Depression. While the WPA was a federal program, it was implemented and managed on the state level with each state having their own director and office to guide the operation of the WPA for each state. The WPA was primarily focused on employing individuals for the purpose of creating public works and infrastructure, but a small portion of its funding was devoted to cultural and artistic endeavors which the files in this collection are primarily concerned with. Two of the major cultural projects the WPA undertook were the Federal Writers’ Project and the Historical Records Survey. The Federal Writers Project employed writers to create guides, histories, and chronicles for each state and the Historical Records Survey sought to catalogue the historical records of each state.

Collection Inventory:
Box Content 

Box Number

Requisitions 1936-1938

10472

Requisitions 1938-1939

10473