A&M 0527West Virginia University, WPA Writers Project, Records, 1936-1942 A&M 0527Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:37:17 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center West Virginia University, WPA Writers Project, Records West Virginia University A&M 0527 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/2826 6.5 Linear Feet 6 ft. 6 in. (15 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.) 1936-1942 The guidelines, assignment sheets, time sheets, correspondence, reports, financial statements and supply requests of the Works Progress Administration (later Work Projects Administration), Writers Project conducted at West Virginia University during the New Deal. This program's most noteworthy result issued forth in the Historical Records Survey which is one of the most extensive surveys of any state including county court record abstracts as well as state and county profiles. The papers show some of the costs of the project, personnel involved including their credentials and how and what was accomplished in the survey. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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 Historical Records Survey (U.S.) New Deal, 1933-1939 West Virginia University - W. P. A. Federal Writers' Project