Of all of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is the most famous, because it affected so many people’s lives. Roosevelt’s work-relief program employed more ...

Approximately half the records relate to the Historical Records Survey's portrait survey, 1940-1941. The remainder are records of the Indian Site Survey, 1936-1942, a WPA program operating under the ...

The Union Terrace amphitheater, built in 1937 through President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration program under the New Deal, is seen here Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Allentown.