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                                        Date:     29-Sep-1994 08:42am EST
                                        From:     Thomas Langhorne
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Subject: WPA/CCC/Thanks for the reminder
 
    Thanks to Mike Jacobs-----
 
         Mike has rightly pointed out that the WPA was a more far reaching
    organization than the CCC.  He's also mentioned the Writer's Project.
    There was also a companion project which involved artists.  Some of the
    works of these artists hang in US Post Offices around the country (at
    least thats where I've seen them so identified).  Much of this art work
    contains representations of everyday life in the 20's and 30's, as well
    as documenting the construction of projects involving the WPA.  (For
    example, the high school I attended in Virginia was built by the WPA).
    Some of the art was actually photography, and I believe a number of
    famous photographers participated at one time or another.
 
         Since this is not "real" archaeology I won't elaborate further.
    It's useful, however, to remember some of these massive undertakings
    since they affected historical archaeology in a number of ways.  They
    also affected the fabric of American culture.
 
 
                                Tom Langhorne
 
 
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