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Gay Bolling Shepperson photograph collection, 1933-1945 (bulk 1935-1937)
Black-and-white photographs of WPA projects throughout Georgia.
More About This Collection
Creator
Shepperson, Gay Bolling, 1887-1977
Contributor to Resource
United States. Works Progress Administration
Publisher
Gay Bolling Shepperson Photograph Collection, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.
Date of Original
1935/1945
Subject
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Shepperson, Gay Bolling, 1887-1977
United States. Works Progress Administration
United States. Work Projects Administration
Presidents--United States
Roads--Design and construction--Georgia
Building--Georgia
Municipal water supply--Georgia--History
Sewage disposal--Georgia
Recreation areas--Georgia
Public works--Georgia
New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Sanitary engineering--Georgia
Public health--Georgia
Adult education--Georgia
Vocational education--Georgia
Pine Mountain Valley Project
Public buildings--Maintenance and repair
Drought relief--Georgia
Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
Medium
black-and-white photographs
photographs
visual works
Description
This collection documents the activities of some of the various programs administered by the Works Progress Administration in Georgia. Series one includes photographs of buildings and streets in rural and urban Georgia communities constructed under the program, as well as images of larger work projects such as the renovation of Atlanta's sewer system. The next series consists of images of classes and classrooms utilized for educational programs for adults and children throughout the state. Series three is comprised of photographs of the rural community of Pine Mountain Valley, GA, the site of a rural-industrial community funded by the WPA. The final series includes images of President Franklin Roosevelt, and Gay Shepperson., Gay Bolling Shepperson (1887 - 1977) came to Georgia from Virginia where she headed the children's bureau of the Virginia State Department of Welfare from 1923 from 1928. In Georgia she became administrator for three successive federal relief projects-the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Works Progress Administration, renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1937, was the federal agency responsible for administrating relief programs during the New Deal. Shepperson was the only female to serve as a state administrator for the WPA during the New Deal. She resigned her post in 1939.
Rights Holder
This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Holding Institution
Atlanta History Center
