"The Problem and Policy of Works Progress Administration Interpretation," Address by Aubrey Williams, 1936

File — Box: 44, Folder: 6

Identifier: III

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: Boxes 42-43 contain correspondence of a general nature dealing with these three agencies--the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Civil Works Administration, and Works Progress Administration. Hinckley's position in relief work began in 1930 in the city of Ogden. Later he became a member of Governor George H. Dern's State Relief Committee, directed Utah enrollment in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and in 1933 directed the activities of the Civil Works Administration in Utah. In 1934 Hinckley was appointed assistant administrator of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and field representative for the western states under the Federal Emergency Relief Program. This region covered eleven western states and Hawaii and Alaska. The correspondence covers training of personnel, salaries, policies, allocations of funds, and a variety of other subjects related to the western region. On August 8, 1938, Hinckley left Works Progress Administration and was sworn in as a member of the Civil Aeronauties Authority. Correspondence in this file, from 1938 to 1942, relates to the continuance of the Works Progress Administration on a limited scale.

Boxes 44-46 contain materials of a general nature relating to Works Progress Administration on a national and regional level from 1933-1942.

Boxes 47-52 contain a variety of materials organized by states in Region V. In California and Utah these materials cover the periods of the Federal Emergency Relief, Civil Works Administration, Public Works Administration, and Works Progress Administration, 1933-1938, and in both states there is a considerable amount of material. The materials in the remaining states of Region V--Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming--and the Territory of Hawaii are limited to the Works Progress Administration, 1935-1938, and not much material is available. Alaska is mentioned briefly in correspondence and reports.

Correspondence between Hinckley, regional administrator of Region V, and administrators of each of these states makes up a large portion of the material and presents with clarity a variety of the problems existing in each state. Charts, work projects, and reports are included in these papers.

Dates

1936

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.