Work Projects Administration (Iowa) Photographs

Photographs, brochures, maps and other records documenting the WPA's work in Iowa, 1933-1940

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About the collection

This digital collection contains photographs of Works Progress Administration, later Work Projects Administration (WPA), projects done in Iowa. Material relating to the Iowa WPA, including brochures, statistical graphs, and flyers are also included. Note: Three photographs containing racist imagery (blackface) were not included in the digital collection. The physical items, in box 7, folder 3, can be seen in person in the Special Collections and University Archives reading room, or by contacting archives@iastate.edu to request individual digital copies.

Technical Credits - CollectionBuilder

This digital collection is built with CollectionBuilder, an open source framework for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that is developed by faculty librarians at the University of Idaho Library following the Lib-Static methodology.

Using the CollectionBuilder-CSV template and the static website generator Jekyll, this project creates an engaging interface to explore driven by metadata.

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