6.5 Linear Feet, 6 ft. 6 in. (15 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.)
Creator
West Virginia University
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
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.
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, WPA Writers Project, Records, A&M 0527, West
Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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