Unmasking the Writers of the W.P.A.

[P. Kerim Friedman]

From:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/02/arts/02WPA.html

Created in 1935, in the heart of the Great Depression, the Writers'
Project supported more than 6,600 writers, editors and researchers
during its four years of federal financing. When the government funds
expired, Congress let the program continue under state sponsorship
until 1943.  Although grateful for even subsistence wages in a time of
economic despair, few participants deemed it a badge of honor to earn
$20 to $25 a week from the government.

But the Library of Congress takes a different view. With little
fanfare, it has been unpacking boxes of extraordinary Writers' Project
material over the last few years from warehouses and storage
facilities. After an arduous vetting process, much of it is now
available to the public.

Here is the URL:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html