Writers, as well as laborers, were out of work during the Depression, and the WPA tried to put both men and women into jobs suitable to their skills. One of the lasting contributions of the WPA in South Carolina was the Historical Records Survey, directed by Anne King Gregorie (see Anne King Gregorie). Here, a WPA worker copies local records from Charleston.
Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Standards
- 5.2.P Summarize how the role of the federal government expanded during the period.
- This indicator was developed to promote inquiry into how wartime government activities, the Progressive Movement, and the New Deal represented an expansion of federal power, including attempts to protect citizens.
- This indicator was designed to promote inquiry into the devastation of the Great Depression and the impact of the New Deal on a largely agricultural South Carolina. This indicator was also designed to foster inquiry into the economic diversification between World War II and the present, to include tourism, global trade and industry, and the maintenance of military bases.
