works progress administration created in 1935 headed by harry hopkins focused on public works such...

Works Progress Administration• Created in 1935

• Headed by Harry Hopkins

• Focused on public works such as bridges, roads, runways

• Also included arts projects

• Some projects famous (Camp David, Dealey Plaza) Signs similar to this one alerted the

public that a site was a WPA works project

In addition to public works projects, the WPA also provided adults with job training as well as enrichment opportunities

WPA: Supporting the Arts• WPA also provided funding for

various arts programs

• Writing, theater, photography, and painting programs

Federal Theater Project• Part of the “Federal One”

project

• Headed by Hallie Flanagan

• “Living Newspapers”

• Included Orson Welles, John Houseman, and Arthur Miller

• Ran into several controversies

Federal Art Project• Specialized in visual arts

• Created more than 200,000 works

• Included art production, art instruction, and art research

Federal Writers Project• Allowed writers to

work directly for the government

• Writers paid a “subsistence” wage

• Several famous writers participated

National Industrial Recovery Act• Centerpiece of New

Deal recovery program• Sought to promote fair

competition, raise wages and prices, and institute collective bargaining

• Created “codes of fair competition”

• Enforced by the NRA