Connecticut WPA Federal Writers Project Records
Collection
Identifier: 1972-0002
Abstract
The collection contains reports, studies, interviews and other records produced as part of the federal Works Progess Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Works Project Administration) project to document ethnic groups and communities living in Connecticut between 1929 and 1935. The collection contains materials both unique from and duplicated in the WPA collections of the Library of Congress and the Connecticut State Library.
Dates
- 1930s
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Extent
10 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The contents of the collection are accessed via a manual index file available in the Reading Room.
- Connecticut (state) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Ethnic groups Subject Source: Fast
- Title
- Connecticut WPA Federal Writers Project Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Archives & Special Collections staff
- Date
- 2017 November
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library Repository
Contact:
University of Connecticut Library
405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs Connecticut 06269-1205 USA US
860-486-2524
archives@uconn.edu
University of Connecticut Library
405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs Connecticut 06269-1205 USA US
860-486-2524
archives@uconn.edu
