MIPCOM Picks 2009 – Soul of a People

During the American Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration (WPA) incorporated four arts programs as part of the New Deal. One of those programs was the Federal Writers' Project, which would employ over 6,600 people across the 48 states to produce a comprehensive portrait of America through state travel guides.

September 30, 2009

During the American Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration (WPA) incorporated four arts programs as part of the New Deal. One of those programs was the Federal Writers' Project, which would employ over 6,600 people across the 48 states to produce a comprehensive portrait of America through state travel guides.