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Brochures, Booklets, & Pamphlets

• Labor and the New Deal - 1936
• Our Job with the WPA - 1936
• PWA and Industry - 1938
• Questions and Answers on the WPA - 1939
• The Works Program - WPA - Summary - 1937
• Work Pays America - 1937
• WPA Aids the Farmer - Farm to Market Roads - c1937
• WPA Employee's Handbook - 1938
• WPA Federal Art Project in New York - 1939
• So The Public May Know - WPA - 1941

Books

Farmers on Relief and Rehabilitation - WPA - 1937

Inventory: An Appraisal of Results of the Works Progress Administration - 1938

• Overview
• Roads and Bridges
• Parks and Playgrounds
• Public Buildings
• Water and Sewer
• Aviation
• Historic Shrines
• Education
• Health
• Libraries
• Conservation
• Production
• Historical Surveys and Records
• Science and Research
• Recreation
• Music
• Theatre
• American Art
• American Guides
• Disaster Relief
• Other Agencies During the Great Depression Era

Rural Families on Relief - Research Monograph XVII - 1938

Rural Youth: Their Situation and Prospects - Research Monograph XV - 1938

Rural Youth - Their Situation and Prospects - Conclusions - 1938

New Deal for Youth - The National Youth Administration (NYA) - 1938

• Introduction to the National Youth Administration
• A New Deal for Youth - NYA
• Youth Inherits the Depression
• Out of School and Out of Work - NYA Youths
• The NYA Work Program Today
• Boys in Workshops - NYA Program
• Boys and Girls in Public Service - NYA
• Girls in Home Economics - NYA Program
• Community Youth Center Emerges
• A Day's Work Was Beginning in a NYA Carpentry Shop
• WPA Co-Operates with the NYA
• Cooperating for an Education with the NYA
• Unharnessing Youth at Quoddy - NYA
• Finding the First Job Assisted by the NYA
• Junior Guidance and Placement - NYA
• NYA Boys and Girls Tell Their Stories
• NYA Youths Speak for Themselves
• New Democracy in Education - NYA Program
• College & Work Projects - NYA
• Caliber of NYA Students
• School Aid - National Youth Administration
• Challenge to Education - NYA
• Balance Sheet for NYA
• NYA Image Library (In Progress December 2020)

1935-05 The Drought and Current Farm Imports

• Introduction, Export-Import Status, Imports in 1923
• Current Imports, Relative Volume and Corn Imports
• Adjustment of Oats, Barley, and Rye; Meat Imports; Slaughter of Animals
• Butter Imports, Reduction in Tariffs, Present Situation
• Should Imports be Prohibited, Export Basis, Agricultural Exports
• Exchange of Goods, AAA Programs, Livestock Programs
• Drought Shortages and Excess Crop Acreage

1936-10-15 Report on Progress of The Works Program

• The Works Program in Review
• Projects of the Works Progress Administration - Overview - 1936
• At Work on WPA Project - Photographs from 1935-1936
• WPA Highway, Road and Street Projects
• Public Buildings Projects of the WPA
• WPA Sewer System and Other Utility Projects
• WPA Conservation Projects
• Emergency Flood Relief
• Emergency Drought Relief

Final Report on the WPA Program 1935-43

• Letter of Transmittal - WPA Final Report - 1942/1946
• Relief Prior To The WPA
• Organization of the WPA Program
• Administration of the WPA Program
• WPA Under the Federal Works Agency

Handbook of Proceedures - 1937

• Selection, Classification and Reclassification of Workers
• WPA Worker Assignment Procedures

Report on Progress of WPA Program - 1942

Other Information

• Brief History of WPA
• WPA Membership Card and Union Pin
• WPA Work Project Assignment Forms

WPA Reference Section

• Glossary of Terms - Rural Relief - WPA - 1938
• WPA Form 402: Reassignment Slips / Notice to Report for Work on Project - 1936

The Folks Behind the GG Archives

The GG Archives is the work and passion of two people, Paul Gjenvick, a professional archivist, and Evelyne Gjenvick, a curator. Paul earned a Masters of Archival Studies - a terminal degree from Clayton State University in Georgia, where he studied under renowned archivist Richard Pearce-Moses. Our research into the RMS Laconia and SS Bergensfjord, the ships that brought two members of the Gjønvik family from Norway to the United States in the early 20th century, has helped us design our site for other genealogists. The extent of original materials at the GG Archives can be very beneficial when researching your family's migration from Europe.