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*[[Historical Records Survey]] (originally part of the Federal Writers' Project)
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All projects were operated without discrimination regarding race, creed, color, religious or political affiliation.<ref name="Arena"/>{{Rp|44}}
All projects were operated without discrimination regarding race, creed, color, religion or political affiliation.<ref name="Arena"/>{{Rp|44}}


==See also==
==See also==

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Federal Project Number One is the collective name for a group of projects under the Work Projects Administration, a New Deal program in the United States. Of the $4.88 billion allocated by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935,[1] $27 million was approved for the employment of artists, musicians, actors and writers under the WPA's Federal Project Number One.[2]: 44 

The five divisions of Federal One were these:

All projects were operated without discrimination regarding race, creed, color, religion or political affiliation.[2]: 44 

See also

References

  1. ^ Roosevelt, Franklin D. (August 26, 1935). "Letter on Allocation of Work Relief Funds". The American Presidency Project. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  2. ^ a b Flanagan, Hallie (1965). Arena: The History of the Federal Theatre. New York: Benjamin Blom, reprint edition [1940]. OCLC 855945294.

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