New Deal, 1933-1939
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
West Virginia State Parks, National Register Forms
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3990
Overview
National Register of Historic Places Registration forms (NPS Form 10-900) for historic districts within Watoga, Holly River, Hawk's Nest, and Lost River State Parks, as well as a number of other West Virginia State Parks. These forms document the history, significance, and current condition of these historic districts. Most of these parks were created or improved (with roads, buildings, landscaping, etc.) as part of New Deal programs such as the Civilian Conversation Core (CCC) and the Works...
Dates:
2010
West Virginia University, School of Mines, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1016
Scope and Contents
Reports and correspondence; and records of finances, appointments, resignations, enrollment and attendance, including extension work.
Dates:
1916-1950
West Virginia University, School of Mines, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1024
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, surveys, financial and academic records, circulars, and other papers, including regulations of the National Bituminous Coal Commission and bulletins of various code authorities of the National Recovery Administration. Also included in the collection are correspondence, reports, and other papers (ca.1926-1940) of the Lynchburg Coal & Coke Co.
Dates:
1916-1950
West Virginia University, WPA Writers Project, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0527
Overview
The guidelines, assignment sheets, time sheets, correspondence, reports, financial statements and supply requests of the Works Progress Administration (later Work Projects Administration), Writers Project conducted at West Virginia University during the New Deal. This program's most noteworthy result issued forth in the Historical Records Survey which is one of the most extensive surveys of any state including county court record abstracts as well as state and county profiles. The papers...
Dates:
1936-1942
William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1652
Scope and Content
Papers of William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939), a lawyer, Democratic politician, publisher of the Charleston Gazette, and U.S. Senator (1911-1917); also includes correspondence of his son William E. Chilton, Jr., editor of the Gazette. The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the Gazette. There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other...
Dates:
1917, 1928-1939