Links to New Deal/W.P.A.
Organizations
and Listserv Sites
Note from Nancy:
if you want to post your organization's website and information, please
email me.
Chicago
Art Deco Society
P.O. Box 1116, Evanston, Il. 60204-1116,
phone: 847-869-5059. Bennett Johnson is the current president and can be
reached at: decoben@comcast.net
Listserv Links:
H-US1918-45@H-NET.MSU.EDU
H-US1918-45 is a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine.
H-US1918-45, The New Deal era and its Origins, provides a forum for research
and teaching the history of the United States, from 1918 to 1945.
Electronic Mailing Lists from http://www.solinet.net/preservation/:
Unless otherwise noted, you can subscribe by sending a one line e-mail
reading "Subscribe ListName YourFirstName YourLastName" to the
server account address listed below.
National
Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni
The NACCCA was established as a non-profit organization in 1977 in
the State of California. The NACCCA has over 140 Chapters with members
in most states across the nation. For information regarding NACCCA Chapters
contact the NACCCA Headquarters. Total membership currently stands at more
than 7,200 members. The National Headquarters, CCC Museum and Research
Center is located at 16 Hancock Avenue in Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis,
Missouri. Their website is located at: http://www.cccalumni.org/about.html
Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill
"WELCOME to the home of Eleanor Roosevelt. We are celebrating
the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Located
in the heart of New York State's scenic Hudson Valley, the Eleanor Roosevelt
Center at Val-Kill (ERVK) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated
to Eleanor Roosevelt's belief that people can enhance the quality of their
lives through purposeful action based on sensitive discourse among people
of diverse perspectives focusing on the varied needs of society. ERVK operates
out of Stone Cottage, which is the original Dutch fieldstone cottage constructed
at Val-Kill for Eleanor Roosevelt by her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt."
The National New Deal Preservation
Association
"A Non-Profit Organization formed to identify, document and preserve
the New Deal visual and performing arts, literature, crafts, structures
and environmental projects and to educate people about these important
legacies."
The New Deal
Art Project
"An organization devoted to studying New Deal Art and New Deal
Art legacies, particularly the many post office murals around the country
which often represent important local, state, and national historical themes,
can be effectively used to examine the past. In fact, many murals are so
rich in content that they offer opportunities to develop inquiry-based
projects that integrate technology and all the academic disciplines. We
believe that "doers make better learners" and that students gain
a more thorough understanding of a concept when they see the connections
between art, literature, history, government, science and technology. A
New Deal Art project may also be a perfect vehicle for teachers to meet
new outcomes, such as the New York State Learning Standards. I have been
using New Deal Art in my 11th grade U.S. History curriculum at Rome Free
Academy since 1994."
Texas Historical Society
The Texas Historical Society has identified 60 post office murals still
extant in the state of Texas. They also have an active preservation program.
Texas State Historical Association
Franklin D. Roosevelt Heritage
Center, Inc.
"Our purpose is to provide cultural, educational and other learning
opportunities concerning Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the New Deal,
and American history during the 1930s and 1940s, and to advance the importance
and relevance of the New Deal legacy in the world today."
WPA Green Towns:
Virtual Greenbelt http://www.otal.umd.edu/~vg/
http://home.att.net/~karen.richardson/Links/links.html
Greenbelt, Maryland - http://www.greenbelt.com
Greenbelt, MD Museum
http://www.greenbeltmuseum.org/index.html
Greenbelt, Maryland Virtual Tour
- http://www.otal.umd.edu/~vg/
Greendale, Wisconsin - http://www.greendale.org/
Greenhills American Legion
- http://www.post530greenhills.org Greenhills,
Ohio - http://www.greenhillsohio.org
Greenhills Pioneers - http://www.greenhillspioneers.com
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