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  • The Works Progress Administration in Oregon : An Administrative Overview

    Creator:
    Butcher, Karyle S.
    Abstract:
    The depression of the 1930s had an early effect on the state of Oregon. A decline in timber and agricultural production resulted in severe unemployment in the late 1920s. State and local charitable organizations attempted to care for the unemployed but they did not have the financial resources to do...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    those measures was the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In Oregon the WPA built upon earlier state