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Date Original
1938-1941
Description
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings chronicling the activities of the Works Progress Administration in Arkansas from 1938-1941 alphabetically by county. Topics include WPA construction projects like schools, roads, and airports as well as statewide programs like school lunches, drought relief and educational programs, but the exact projects covered vary by county. It also covers administrative changes and legal issues faced by the WPA.
Biographical/Historical Note
Floyd Sharp was the state administrator of the Works Progress Administration in Arkansas during the Great Depression. A native of Tennessee, he moved with his family to Garland County, Arkansas, in 1907. After serving in World War I, he worked as a printer for the Hot Springs, Arkansas, New Era newspaper while earning a law degree. He then served as an attorney for the state Labor Department.
In 1936 he was the principal author of a publication concerning the work of federal relief agencies in Arkansas, "Development and Administration of Emergency Programs, Traveling Recovery Road: The Story of Relief, Work-relief and Rehabilitation in Arkansas, August 30, 1932 to November 15, 1936." Later he served as war manpower director for Arkansas, and as state director of the War Assets Administration, 1942-1945. From 1950-1964 Sharp was associated with the Fagan Electric Company in Little Rock, Arkansas.
This scrapbook belonged to Floyd Sharp.
Physical Description
Scrapbook; 17" x 21.5"
Keywords
Sharp, Floyd, 1896-1969
Geographical Area
Faulkner County (Ark.); Franklin County (Ark.); Fulton County. (Ark.); Garland County (Ark.); Grant County. (Ark.); Greene County (Ark.); Hempstead County (Ark.); Hot Spring County (Ark.); Howard County (Ark.); Independence County (Ark.); Izard County (Ark.); Jackson County (Ark.); Jefferson County (Ark.); Johnson County (Ark.); Lafayette County (Ark.); Lawrence County (Ark.); Lee County (Ark.); Lincoln County (Ark.); Little River County (Ark.); Logan County (Ark.); Lonoke County (Ark.); Madison County (Ark.);
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000528, Scrapbook 02
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Arkansas scrapbooks, MS.000528
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Scrapbook 02, Works Progress Administration (WPA) Arkansas scrapbooks, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
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Works Progress Administration (WPA) Arkansas scrapbooks Finding Aid
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