Record #:

8520

Author(s):

Gannon, Renee

Abstract:

In 1933, the nation was in the midst of the Great Depression. One of President Franklin Roosevelt's plans to get people back to work was the National Industry Recovery Act of 1933. The act established the Subsistence Homesteads Division in the Interior Department. The purpose was to create towns that would help farmers and industrial workers by moving families to homestead farming communities and planned mill towns. Penderlea, in Pender County, was the first homestead farm project in the nation. Gannon describes the building of Penderlea, what life was like there, and what the town is like in 2007.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 39 Issue 2, Feb 2007, p14-15, il

Subject(s):

Planned communities--Pender County; New Deal, 1933-1939; Penderlea--History

Record #:

16004

Author(s):

Bell, John L.

Abstract:

Scholarly examination of New Deal effects on African Americans largely focuses on negative aspects of President Roosevelt's program. However, during this period, the President appointed nearly one hundred African American advisers \"who focused on ending racial discrimination in federal programs.\" One such adviser was Lawrence Augustus Oxley and he is the focus of this paper which hopes to illuminate an understudied scholastic topic.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 46 Issue 2, Mar 1998, p46-51, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African American politicians; New Deal, 1933-1939; Oxley, Lawrence Augustus, 1887-1973

Record #:

21312

Author(s):

Weeks, Charles J.

Abstract:

The New Deal of the 1930s that impacted Indian society was designed to correct the erroneous policies of the previous 50 years. Despite its best attempts, it failed to have a significant impact on the Cherokee of western North Carolina. The infusion of public money weakened the tribe's economic foothold as members were discouraged from farming and cultural handicraft.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 53 Issue 3, July 1976, p303-319 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

New Deal, 1933-1939; Cherokee Indians--History

Record #:

41267

Author(s):

Stepp, Lauren

Abstract:

During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt introduced the Works Progress Administration. This brought about jobs for artists, specifically the commission of several thousand murals that depicted everyday life.

Source:

Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 4, April 2018, p70

Subject(s):

Murals--Post offices; Art and society; Appalachia; New Deal, 1933-1939; Great Depression; Works Progress Administration