An exhaustive look at the arts projects funded by the WPA Federal Arts program in Minnesota. These included music, writing, and pictorial projects throughout the state. This PDF file includes pictures and extensive footnotes.

An account of the African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston and her experiences in Florida while working on the WPA. Includes a complete piece by Hurston entitled "Turpentine," photos and lesson plans.

Although this site concerns itself with the WPA in Indiana, the information provides a good overall look at the Works Progress Administration in the rest of country during the New Deal era.

Showcased is an exhibition of 926 posters (1936 -1943) from the Federal Art Project poster division at the Federal Art Gallery. The posters were designed to publicize a variety of events, from community activities to education in...

Franklin Roosevelt had to deal with the Great Depression quickly when he became president in 1932. Read about the early New Deal legislation, how the money was spent, and who administered the programs. Find out about the Works Progress...

Click on the name of individual artists listed here for excellent black and white photographs of WPA artists and their work, as well as complete descriptions. A timeline of events of the New Deal era, lesson plans and other resources are...

Resource presents "Ben Shahn's New York", a detailed look at some of the photography taken and utilized as source material by the WPA painter muralist Ben Shahn.

Information on the W.P.A.'s creation, accomplishments, critics, and termination with a special focus on the Historical Records Survey.

This site from Indiana University describes the purpose the Works Progress Administration served during the Depression and summarizes the special programs of the W.P.A.

Information on the W.P.A.'s creation, accomplishments, critics, and termination with a special focus on the Historical Records Survey.

This site, from the Library of Congress, provides a recording project by the WPA during the Depression Era of folk music collected throughout the southern states of the U.S. Supplemented by photos and other material to document life...

A brief description of the National Youth Administration, part of the WPA, explains how it helped unemployed young men and women during the Great Depression.

From the very beginning and through the twentieth century, this comprehensive collection of lessons will enrich students studying the history in between and the effects on South Dakota.

Find a series of photographs showing young people employed by the National Youth Administration as part of the Works Progress Administration during the New Deal. The photos have brief explanations and give information about the...

This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Deal.

This lesson plan will result in imaginary Works Progress Administration (WPA) interviews similar to those found in American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 of the Library of Congress that...

Explains the programs instituted by FDR between 1933 and 1938 to curb the effects of the Great Depression. Lists and briefly defines such programs as the Agricultural Adjustment Act, WPA, National Housing Act, etc.

A great site about Robert Blackburn's Printmaking workshops in existence since the 1940's. A Great bio on Blackburn as well as information on the exhibition at the Library of Congress.

A brief description of how Eleanor Roosevelt helped to establish the National Youth Administration her reasons behind it.

A biography on the African American actress Rose McClendon (1884-1936 CE) who played a major role in the creation of a "Black Theater," in the United States.

Amazing number of agencies formed as a result of New Deal legislation. Read about the agencies and legislation whose acronyms have become part of governmental history.

Read about the construction of facilities at the Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area in Maryland by men hired through the Works Progress Administration.

During the 1930s the California Work Projects Administration surveyed traditional musical traditions in Northern California. This is a description and collection of this work.

An enlargeable image of "Construction of the Dam" by WPA artist William Gropper may be viewed here.