Federal Writers' Project
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type: Organization
label: Федеральный писательский проект @ru
label: Federal Writers’ Project @de
subject: Category:American writers' organizations
subject: Category:Oral history
subject: Category:Arts organizations established in 1935
subject: Category:New Deal projects of the arts
subject: Category:Federal Writers' Project
subject: Category:New Deal agencies
subject: Category:Works Progress Administration
subject: Category:1935 establishments in the United States
dissolution year: 1943
formation date: 1935-07-27
formed: 1935-07-27
headquarters: Washington D.C., U.S.
headquarter: Washington, D.C.
formation year: 1935
chief1 name: Henry Alsberg
leader: Henry Alsberg
parent department: Works Progress Administration
service: To provide work relief for unemployed writers while also creating a "self-portrait of America" through the publication of the American Guide series.
name: Federal Writers' Project
location: Washington, D.C.
description: United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression
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