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The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.
Some alphabet agencies were established by Congress, such as the Tennessee Valley Authority. Others were established through Roosevelt executive orders, such as the Works Progress Administration and the Office of Censorship, or were part of larger programs such as the many that belonged to the Works Progress Administration. Some of the agencies ...
For Works Progress Administration projects and artists in the state of Tennessee. Pages in category "Works Progress Administration in Tennessee" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Historic marker for Bristol Municipal Stadium at Tennessee High School. Bristol Municipal Stadium was built during the New Deal by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It is one of two WPA stadiums in Tennessee that are still in use, the other being Crump Stadium in Memphis. [2]
Crump Stadium is a sports stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, built in 1934 and significantly downsized in 2006. [1] It was built as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project with a capacity of 7,500. In 1939 it was enlarged to hold 25,000 spectators.
Federal Project Number One, also referred to as Federal One (Fed 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 ...
The Tennessee Dept. of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) requested $5 million from Gov. Bill Lee in a recent budget hearing to support the Tennessee Entertainment Commission, which works ...
In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) made a major project of the restoration of Fort Negley. However, almost simultaneous with the completion of this project came the United States' entry into World War II. Neither the manpower, funds, or the interest was available at the time to reopen the fort as an historic or interpretative ...