More reading:
WPA and Great Depression resources on the Web
The Living New Deal, http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu
Based at UC Berkeley, the Living New Deal has an abundance of resources, including an interactive map of WPA sites across the country, many submitted by users of the site. It also has blog posts and articles that place the New Deal in a modern context.
The Library of Congress American Memory, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
This site contains black-and-white and color images of the Great Depression commissioned by the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information. Local examples include color photos of Shasta Dam under construction in 1942 and pictures taken by Dorothea Lange, one the era’s most famous photographers, in Gridley in 1939. It also includes complete recordings, photos and field notes from the Northern California Folk Music Project and WPA posters.
The New Deal/ WPA Art Projects, www.wpamurals.com
Listing of known WPA murals and other art by state.
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