Works Progress Administration and National Youth Administration

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Title

Works Progress Administration and National Youth Administration

Subject

The W.P.A. and N.Y.A were public works programs for unemployed adults and teenagers under Roosevelt's New Deal. These outreach organizations supplied jobs and improved society.

Creator

Makenzie Smith

Collection Items

Eleanor Roosevelt at Works Progress Administration Black Nursery School in Des Moines, Iowa
Eleanor Roosevelt visiting an all Black nursery in Des Moines, Iowa that was created and funded by the W.P.A.

Eleanor Roosevelt Visits a National Youth Administration Project
Eleanor Roosevelt is visiting what looks like girl's sewing station being operated within the National Youth Administration's Federal Works Agency.

National Youth Administration's Community Program for Jewish Refugee Resettlement
Georgia Newspaper describing National Youth Administration's impact on Jewish teens interested in agriculture and vocational training.

Georgia to get large sum of money from the National Youth Administration
Newspaper article describing what will be done in Georgia with the allocated money from the

Works Progress Administration Advertisement
Newspaper advertisement promoting all the jobs available within the Works Progress Administration

President Issues Statement About Federal Applications
Newspaper article informing the people of Nome, Alaska of President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration federal application for Public Works Administration

Joel Bolton WWII Draft Card
WWII draft card listing Works Progress Administration as employer.

National Youth Administration Parade Float
Parade float decorated to promote the National Youth Administration

National Youth Administration Welder Training
Three young black men receiving welder training from the National Youth Administration in New York City.

Painting from the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project
Black men being able to create and display his art through the Federal Art Project program within the Works Progress Administration.
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