PBS

The Works Progress Administration

Of all of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is the most famous, because it affected so many people’s lives. Roosevelt’s work-relief program employed more ...
UPI

On This Day: FDR establishes Works Progress Administration

May 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1863, Confederate forces commanded by Gen. Robert E. Lee routed Union troops under Gen. Joseph Hooker at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. In 1915, ...
insider.si.edu

Works Progress Administration photograph collection

This collection contains 40 black and white photographs ranging in size form 5x7 inches to 8x10 inches. In addition to public works projects on reservations, the Works Progress Administration funded ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate

WPA was a lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) created jobs for millions of people in the United States during a time of great uncertainty. Overland Trail Museum explored how the WPA started and its many ...
WDBJ

This Day in History: FDR establishes Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration was created under an executive order signed by then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Gray Media, parent company of WDBJ7, is celebrating the upcoming 250th ...