Works Progress Administration: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 02, 2026 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated; media added. | Oct 02, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: University of Missouri?St. Louis - The Works Progress Administration. | Jul 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Federal Patronage- Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration (WPA). | Mar 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - The WPA: Antidote to the Great Depression? | Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tennessee Encyclopedia - Works Progress Administration. | Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Art Story - Federal Art Project of Works Progress Admin. | Aug 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Missouri?St. Louis - The Works Progress Administration. | Mar 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Govinfo - Activities of the Works Progress Administration. | Dec 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Welfare History Project - Lasting Values of the WPA. | Oct 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Minnesota State University, Mankato - Cornerstone - The Division of the Works Progression Administration (WPA) and their Various Influence on Various Art Forms. | Sep 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - In The 1930s, Works Program Spelled HOPE For Millions of Jobless Americans. | Aug 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oklahoma Historical Society - Works Progress Administration. | May 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia - Works Progress Administration (WPA). | Mar 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Houston - Digital History - President Roosevelt and the WPA. | Jan 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: North Carolina History Project - Works Progress Administration (WPA): One Failure to End the Great Depression. | Sep 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - Columbus Neighborhoods - WPA Projects in Columbus. | Jun 02, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NCpedia - Works Progress Administration. | Feb 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: EH.net - The Works Progress Administration. | Dec 15, 2022 | ||
| Added video. | Jul 07, 2020 | ||
| Added missing space in the introductory statement. | May 05, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Dec 05, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 05, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian Channel - The Beginning of the WPA. | Feb 21, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - Handbook of Texas - Work Projects Administration. | Aug 09, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - The Works Progress Administration. | Aug 09, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Social Welfare History Project - The Works Progress Administration. | Aug 09, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture - Works Progress Administration (WPA). | Aug 09, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - The Works Progress Administration, A Beginning for Many. | Aug 09, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - The Works Progress Administration. | Apr 11, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Gallery of Art - Index of American Design. | Jul 22, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | May 13, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 16, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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