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'''Federal Project Number One''' is the collective name for a group of projects under the [[Works |
'''Federal Project Number One''' is the collective name for a group of projects under the [[Works Progress Administration]], a [[New Deal]] program in the [[United States]]. Of the [[United States Dollar|$]]4.88 billion allocated by the [[Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=14926 |title=Letter on Allocation of Work Relief Funds |last=Roosevelt |first=Franklin D. |authorlink=Franklin Delano Roosevelt |date=August 26, 1935 |website=The American Presidency Project |publisher=Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley |access-date=2015-03-02}}</ref> $27 million was approved for the employment of artists, musicians, actors and writers under the WPA's Federal Project Number One.<ref name="Arena">{{cite book |last=Flanagan |first=Hallie |authorlink=Hallie Flanagan |date=1965 |title=Arena: The History of the Federal Theatre |url= |location=New York |publisher=Benjamin Blom, reprint edition [1940] |oclc=855945294}}</ref>{{Rp|44}} |
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The five divisions of Federal One were these: |
The five divisions of Federal One were these: |
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Revision as of 07:59, 8 February 2018
Federal Project Number One is the collective name for a group of projects under the Works Progress 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:
- Federal Art Project
- Federal Music Project
- Federal Theatre Project
- Federal Writers' Project
- Historical Records Survey (originally part of the Federal Writers' Project)
All projects were supposed to operate without discrimination regarding race, creed, color, religion or political affiliation.[2]: 44
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Works Progress Administration.
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- National Archives and Records Administration: A New Deal for the Arts
- New Deal Cultural Programs: Experiments in Cultural Democracy
- Federal Project Number One The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, George Washington University
- McCausland, Elizabeth, "Save the Arts Projects," The Nation, July 17, 1937.
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