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Microfilm
Publications
The
following NARA microfilm publications serve as a guide to individual WPA
projects. The master copies of this
microfilm were transferred to NARA in Washington, D.C.
Before they were filmed, the reference cards in each series were arranged
by state, then by county and finally by date.
Each card provides information for an individual project with the name of
the sponsoring agency and a brief descriptive paragraph about the project,
including the project costs. This
microfilm is available for purchase.
T935
Index to Reference Cards for Work Projects Administration Project Files,
1935-1937
Roll
1
Nationwide projects
Rolls 11-12 Georgia-Illinois (includes
Idaho)
Roll
56
Oklahoma-Pennsylvania (includes Oregon)
Rolls 71-72 Virginia-West Virginia
(includes Washington)
T936
Index to Reference Cards for Work Projects Administration Project Files, 1938
Roll 1 Nationwide projects
Roll
3 Florida-Illinois (includes Idaho)
Roll
11 Ohio-Pennsylvania (includes Oregon)
Roll
14 Virginia-Wisconsin (includes Washington)
T937
Index to Reference Cards for Work Projects Administration Project Files,
1939-1942
Roll
1
Nationwide projects
Roll
4
Delaware-Iowa (includes Idaho)
Rolls 13-14 Ohio-Pennsylvania (includes
Oregon)
Roll
18
Virginia-Wisconsin (includes Washington)
M1870
Selected Bureau of the Census Records Relating to Work Projects Administration
Census Indexing Projects, 1935-1942
Reproduced on one roll of film are selected records from five series
relating to census indexing projects undertaken by the WPA.
These records are from the Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record
Group 29, and include correspondence, memorandums, monthly reports, annual
reports, and related records.
Textual
Records
Series
Title:
Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group (RG) 75
Chemawa
Indian School
Records
of CWA/WPA Programs, 1933-1934, 1937
Volume: .43 cubic feet
Description:
The Superintendent of the Chemawa Indian School directed the
CWA emergency employment projects for the Grand Ronde and Siletz reservations
and the Salem Indian School. Records
consist of reports, temporary employment forms, and time cards.
Series
Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, RG 75
Grand
Ronde-Siletz Indian Agency
Reports,
Correspondence and CWA Education Records, 1929-1934
Volume: .43 cubic feet
Description:
Included in this series are CWA correspondence,
reports, and project files concerning work done at the Siletz Indian School.
Series
Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, RG 75
Northern
Idaho Indian Agency
Civil
Works Administration Payroll Ledger, 1934
Volume: .43 cubic feet
Description:
This ledger includes information relating to CWA
economic survey and roads projects. Entries
include date, payroll number, purpose, amount of payroll and total amount for
project.
Series
Title:
Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, RG 75
Taholah
Indian Agency
Civil
Works Administration Project Files, 1933-1934
Volume: .43 cubic feet
Description:
CWA projects on reservations administered by the
Taholah Indian Agency included street improvements, fencing, home and building
repair, cemetery improvements, construction of a community hall and a survey of
the needs of Indian families. In
addition to the project files these records include related correspondence and
payroll information.
Series
Title:
Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, RG 75
Taholah
Indian Agency
Works
Progress Administration Project Files, 1935-1940
Volume: .43 cubic feet
Description:
Superintendents of the Taholah Indian Agency placed
unemployed Indians on WPA road work and flood control relief projects sponsored
by County Commissioners. In addition to project files this series includes
related correspondence and payroll information.
Series
Title:
Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, RG 75
Tulalip
Indian Agency
Civil
Works Administration Economic and Social Surveys, 1933-1934
Volume: 1.29 cubic feet
Description:
The CWA survey cards record vital statistics,
education, employment, land assets, income, reimbursements, housing conditions
and crop analysis for Tulalip, Lummi, Muckleshoot, Port Madison, Swinomish,
Clallam, Puyallup, and Nooksack Indian families under the jurisdiction of the
agency. Instructions, weekly
reports, and a survey analysis are also included.
Series
Title: Records of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, RG 77
Seattle
District Office
Survey
Report Files, 1910-1970
Volume: Approximately 4 cubic
feet
Description:
Among this 131 cubic feet of project report files
from the Corps of Engineers Seattle District Planning Branch are reports for
various WPA projects, especially those relating to flood control.
These files contain reports, photographs, and drawings.
Geographic areas involved include the Cedar, Chehalis, Puyallup,
Quillayute, Snohomish and Stillaquamish Rivers.
Series
Title: Records of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, RG 77
Seattle
District Office
Project
Photographs, 1910-1970
Volume: 1,516 images
Description:
These photograph albums document Corps of Engineers
WPA flood control projects in Washington state. Rivers involved in the projects include the Elwha River,
Okanogan River, Yakima, Nooksack, Stillaquamish, Skykomish, Samish, Skagit,
Upper Skagit, Pilchuk, Snohomish, Sauk, Humptulips, Satsop, Wynoochee, Chehalis,
Snoqualmie and Skokomish Rivers. There
are also photographs of Yelm Creek, Anderson Creek, and the Washington
communities of Odessa and Edwall.
Series
Title:
Records of the U.S. Forest Service. RG 95
Region
1 (Missoula, MT)
White
Pine Blister Rust Photographs – Prints, ca. 1909-1965
Volume: 3715 images in this
series, some are of WPA projects
Description:
Arranged by number assigned by the Blister Rust
Control in the Region 1 office.These
photographs document the efforts of the Timber Management personnel to eradicate
White Pine Blister Rust in the Forests of Region 1 (consisting of Idaho and
Montana). Each photograph is
numbered and labeled with the date, photographer, location, and general subject
category. These subjects include
Work Projects Administration crews and project activities.
Series
Title:
Records of the U.S. Forest Service, RG 95
Region
1 (Missoula, MT)
Records
of Emergency Programs, 1933-1941
Volume: 11.6 cubic feet
Description:
The Region 1 office of the Forest Service sponsored a
variety of projects in Idaho and Montana under the WPA and its predecessor
agencies. This series consists of
correspondence, administrative orders, bulletins, circulars, handbooks, project
lists, reports and other records relating to the administration of those
projects.
Series
Title:
Records of the U.S. Forest Service, RG 95
Region
6 (Portland, OR)
Regional
Forester Historical Records, 1908-1959
Volume: 1.29 cubic feet
Description:
Among the responsibilities of the Region 6 Regional
Forester’s office was the administration of projects in Oregon and Washington
under the Civil Works Administration, Work Projects Administration and Works
Progress Administration. This
series contains the procedural handbooks, circulars, regulations and other
administrative records used by the office to administer the programs.
