Creator: Work Projects Administration (RG 60).

Collection Summary: Data reporting forms from the Historic Records Survey’s effort to survey original court cases held by counties. Forms record the case number, style (e.g., John Doe vs. Jane Doe), the date the case was filed, the type of case, court of origin, and an inventory of the papers filed in the case, e.g., bill of complaint, writ of injunction, subpoenas, pleas, depositions, etc. Forms are filed in case order number.

Access Restrictions: None.

Date(s): Undated.

Volume: 4.50 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in September 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
High Court of Errors and Appeals cases10856
High Court of Errors and Appeals cases10857
High Court of Errors and Appeals cases10860
High Court of Errors and Appeals cases10859
High Court of Errors and Appeals cases10858
High Court of Errors and Appeals cases10862
High Court of Errors and Appeals cases10861
Original Supreme Court cases10861
Original Supreme Court cases10862
Original Supreme Court cases10857
Original Supreme Court cases10856
Original Supreme Court cases10859
Original Supreme Court cases10858
Original Supreme Court cases10860
Supreme Court, case numbers 1-143710863
Supreme Court, case numbers 1438-253910864
Supreme Court, case numbers 2542-394610865
Supreme Court, case numbers 28614 (1930)10866
Supreme Court, case numbers 3947-559610866