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A photograph showing improvements to sidewalks and retaining walls at the University of Kansas campus performed by relief workers. This project was administered by the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee with funds from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. During the Depression when people could not find employment, both Kansas and the Federal governments preferred the use of work relief over direct subsistence payments. The workers employed by the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee built public structures, lakes, planted shelterbelts, and made road improvements. The photograph was copied from Public Welfare Service In Kansas 1935.
Creator: Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Date: 1935
Item Number: 215459
Call Number: Sp 361 K13eb 1935
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215459
Collections - Library
Date - 1930s - 1935
Education - Higher education - Institutions - University of Kansas
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - New Deal
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Book - Illustrations
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Printed materials - Books - Illustrations
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