[Genealib] W.P.A. Question

[Pam Cooper]

Pat:

I contacted NARA through their online "inquire forms" at
http://www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html about the WPA records. I
specifically was looking for all Florida applications within all the
organizations before and after WPA such as PWA and FERA. I received an email
from Eugene Morris who is in Civil Records. His email is
Eugene.morris at nara.gov and phone number is 301-837-0348. He was very helpful
and I was able to obtain all the WPA records for Florida. He said they were
in RG 69.

 

Hopefully, this information may help you.

 

Pam

 

Pamela J. Cooper, Supervisor 

Archive Center & Genealogy Department

Indian River County Main Library

1600 21st Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960

 

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Email: pcooper at irclibrary.org 

 

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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Pat Carpenter
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:16 PM
To: GENEALIB
Subject: [Genealib] W.P.A. Question

 

Fellow GENEALIB-"ers," 

In 1937, my maternal grandfather, Bernard Brennan, applied for Social
Security and showed his "present employer" as W.P.A. OP 265-6902 with a work
address of 2301 Tulane Avenue in New Orleans, LA.  

The N.O. Public Library only has records of some of  the actual projects
that W.P.A. worked on, not who was employed on the various projects.  The
Louisiana Digital Library site indicates that "WPA projects in New Orleans
ranged from street paving and bridge building to bookbinding and adult
education."  

I am curious to find out what kind of job he held with W.P.A., since he was
a wealthy entrepreneur in N.O. prior to the Depression and ultimately lost
everything.  

A search of the NARA website was daunting and unproductive.   Does anyone
have any suggestions where I might find out what his job was?  

Thanks in advance!  Pat  

 

 

Pat M. Carpenter, MLS

Research Associate

Law Offices of John W. Carpenter, Esq.  

 

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