Works Progress Administration (WPA) (United States, 1935–1943)

1. Emergency relief act funds nationwide work program

   Apr 8, 1935Labels: Emergency Relief, United States

   • Yale Docs
   • LOC Today

2. Executive Order 7034 creates the WPA

   May 6, 1935Labels: Franklin D, Works Progress

   • AmPresidency
   • LOC FTP

3. Federal Writers’ Project is established

   Jul 27, 1935Labels: Federal Writers, WPA

   • FWP
   • KHS Archives

4. WPA launches Federal Project Number One

   Aug 1, 1935Labels: Federal Project, WPA

   • Federal One
   • LOC FTP

5. Federal Theatre Project begins operations

   Aug 27, 1935Labels: Federal Theatre, WPA

   • LOC FTP
   • Britannica FTP

6. Federal Art Project starts employing visual artists

   Aug 29, 1935Labels: Federal Art, WPA

   • Federal Art
   • Federal One

7. WPA employment peaks during late-Depression years

   Nov 1, 1938Labels: Works Progress, Unemployment

   • LOC Today
   • WPA Overview

8. Harry Hopkins resigns as WPA administrator

   Dec 23, 1938Labels: Harry Hopkins, WPA

   • WPA Overview
   • WPA Org

9. Congress ends funding for the Federal Theatre Project

   Jun 30, 1939Labels: Federal Theatre, United States

   • Britannica FTP
   • LOC FTP

10. WPA reorganized and renamed Work Projects Administration

    Jul 1, 1939Labels: Work Projects, Federal Works

    • WPA Org
    • TSHA WPA

11. WPA guides and interviews document Depression-era life

    Jan 1, 1940Labels: Federal Writers, WPA

    • FWP
    • LOC Today

12. WPA is disbanded as wartime employment rises

    Jun 30, 1943Labels: Works Progress, World War

    • LOC Today
    • WPA Overview