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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

^ 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.
^ ^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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 *[http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/new_deal_for_the_arts/index.html National Archives and Records Administration: A New Deal for the Arts]
 *[http://www.wwcd.org/policy/US/newdeal.html New Deal Cultural Programs: Experiments in Cultural Democracy]
-*[http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/federal-project-number1.cfm Federal Project Number One] The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, [[George Mason University]]
+*[http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/federal-project-number1.cfm Federal Project Number One] The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, [[George Washington University]]
 *[http://newdeal.feri.org/nation/na37145p067.htm McCausland, Elizabeth, "Save the Arts Projects," ''The Nation'', July 17, 1937.]