Scope and Content Note
This series consists of handbills, newsletters, and a few memorandums or bulletins related to unionizing activities in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of New York City. Most of these publications were distributed by organizations on the political left and relate to WPA cultural projects.
The following items are included: handbills for union meetings, rallies, protests - most not dated by year; "Spot News," a clipsheet by the Department of Information, New York City Federal Writers Project; "Red Pen," newsletter of the Communist Party Unit of the Federal Writers Project; "The Socialist," newsletter of the Socialist Party members of the Federal Writers Project; "WPA Defender," a pro-WPA union newspaper; and copies of WPA-New York City official memorandums and bulletins relating to wage and labor issues.
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