Historical Records Survey

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New Deal program United States federal government project archival survey project

The Historical Records Survey was a New Deal-era initiative that systematically inventoried and preserved local and state archival records across the United States.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Historical Records Survey canonical 3
WPA Historical Records Survey 2
Historic Sites Survey 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal program ⓘ
United States federal government project ⓘ
archival survey project ⓘ
alsoKnownAs HRS ⓘ
Historical Records Survey ⓘ
surface form: WPA Historical Records Survey
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1943 ⓘ
employerOf archivists ⓘ
clerical workers ⓘ
librarians ⓘ
teachers ⓘ
field archival science ⓘ
public history ⓘ
records management ⓘ
fundedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
hasImpact creation of research tools for historians ⓘ
development of modern archival standards in the United States ⓘ
preservation of local government records ⓘ
historicalContext New Deal ⓘ
historicalPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
inception 1935 ⓘ
location District of Columbia ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
all U.S. states ⓘ
mainPurpose aid preservation of historical records ⓘ
inventory church records ⓘ
inventory local government records ⓘ
inventory manuscript collections ⓘ
inventory state government records ⓘ
provide employment for jobless white-collar workers ⓘ
notableOutput American Imprints Inventory ⓘ
church archives inventories ⓘ
county archives inventories ⓘ
parentOrganization Works Progress Administration ⓘ
partOf Federal Writers’ Project ⓘ
Works Progress Administration ⓘ
product guides to manuscript collections ⓘ
historical source guides ⓘ
inventories of church archives ⓘ
inventories of county records ⓘ
inventories of municipal records ⓘ
publicationFormat printed inventories ⓘ
typescript reports ⓘ
reasonForEnd World War II mobilization ⓘ
reduction of WPA funding ⓘ
sponsor Works Progress Administration ⓘ
workLanguage English ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Works Progress Administration → program → Historical Records Survey ⓘ
Historical Records Survey → alsoKnownAs → Historical Records Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: WPA Historical Records Survey
Historic Sites Act of 1935 → createdProgram → Historical Records Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Sites Survey
WPA → program → Historical Records Survey ⓘ
subject surface form: Works Progress Administration
Federal Project Number One → hasPart → Historical Records Survey ⓘ
HRS → alsoKnownAs → Historical Records Survey ⓘ
subject surface form: Historical Records Survey
this entity surface form: WPA Historical Records Survey