In September several OHS staff members met with Joe Hallett, senior editor at the Columbus Dispatch. He was interested in writing a story comparing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 with the Works Progress Administration, an economic stimulus program from the 1930s. Hallett wondered how the programs compared in multiple ways, including how they were perceived by the public; the types of projects and programs they funded; and the impact they made on society. We made a variety of materials from our state archives and photographic archives available to him. Two articles, Stimulus Legacy Less Tangible than WPA and Great Depression’s WPA Jobs Program Left Lasting Legacy in Ohio both ran in the Sunday, October 18th edition of the Dispatch. Listed below are collections documenting the WPA in the OHS archives.
Call Number Title
AV 48 Ohio Post Office Artwork Collection
AV 153 Agricultural Adjustment Administration Photograph Collection
AV 209 Works Progress Administration Construction Projects
P 384 Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 1505th Company, Fort Hill,
Sinking Springs, Ohio
State Archives Series 1038 AV Cleveland Guide Photograph Collection
State Archives Series 1039 AV Ohio Guide Photograph Collection
State Archives Series 1040 AV County Work Files
State Archives Series 3076 State and Federal Projects, 1933-1936, 1939
State Archives Series 3078 Federal Program Records, 1933-1942
