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Evelyn Rhoden Works Progress Administration Papers, 1935-1942

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Evelyn Rhoden Works Progress Administration Papers 1935-1942

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This collection consists of Evelyn Rhoden’s notes about the history of Musselshell, Golden Valley, and Meagher Counties in central Montana. The notes, which are especially rich in the ranching history, were gathered when Rhoden was employed by the Federal Writer’s Project of the Works Project Administration during the late 1930s and early 1940s.

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Federal writer's project

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Hinton was a former slave who was living in North Carolina at the time of the interview. From the guide to the Martha Adeline Hinton interview, 1937, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) One of the first actions by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s was to extend federal work relief to the unemployed. One such relief program was the Works Progress Administration, which FDR established in 1933. By 1941 the WPA had provided empl...

Rhoden, Evelyn M.

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Evelyn M. Rhoden lived in Roundup, Montana when she was employed by the Federal Writer’s Project of the Works Project Administration during the late 1930s and early 1940s. From the guide to the Evelyn Rhoden Works Progress Administration Papers, 1935-1942, (University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections) ...