Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Flynn, Kathryn A.,

The New Deal : a 75th anniversary celebration / Kathryn A. Flynn ; with Richard Polese. - 1st ed. - Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, c2008. - 168 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

The Civilian Conservation Corps : "Roosevelt's tree army" -- The Federal Art Project : "Art of the people, by the people, for the people" -- The Federal Writers' Project : "Telling Americans the American story" -- The Federal Music Project : "Music to our ears" -- The Federal Theatre Project : "Actors stage a comeback" -- Lenses of the Farm Security Administration : "Photographers of the common man" -- An America built to last : "Treasures standing and still in use" -- The Social Security Administration : "The New Deal's best deal" -- National parks and the New Deal : "America's great outdoors" -- Green towns, homesteads, and resettlement villages : "If you build it, they will come" -- Rural electric cooperatives : "Let there be light" -- Farm security initiatives : "The bread of life" -- The National Labor Relations Board : "Workers find friends in Washington" -- Federal deposit insurance : "Money in the bank" -- Historic records and presidential libraries : "Keeping track of America's history" -- Historical architecture surveys : "Tracing America's building and engineering heritage" -- Touched by the New Deal : "Hope and purpose for a lost generation."

2008 marks the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, the series of programs initiated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to help Americans recover during the Great Depression. Programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Civil Works Administration, and the Works Progress Administration gave hope, support, and encouragement to millions of Americans. Several New Deal programs, including Social Security, continue to help Americans today. Did you know? The Federal Music Program created or nurtured over 30 symphonic orchestras, including those in San Francisco, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, and Los Angeles. The Federal Writers Project offered support and encouragement to such writers as John Steinbeck, Ralph Ellison, Studs Terkel, John Cheever, and Eudora Welty. Under the Civilian Conservation Corps, American workers planted 3 billion trees, constructed over 46,000 bridges, and restored 360 Civil War battlefields Kathy Flynn is executive director of the National New Deal Preservation Association. She lives in Santa Fe.

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United States--History--1933-1945
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945
United States--Cultural policy
United States--Social policy

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