HRS

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HRS is an abbreviation commonly used for the Historical Records Survey, a New Deal-era program that documented and preserved historical public records in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal program
archival survey project
abbreviation HRS
alsoKnownAs WPA Historical Records Survey
country United States
employer archivists
clerical workers
librarians
teachers
unemployed historians
endTime early 1940s
focus archives and libraries
church records
federal government records
local government records
manuscript collections
state government records
historicalPeriod Great Depression
inception 1935
locatedIn all U.S. states
many U.S. counties
mainPurpose document historical public records in the United States
preserve historical public records in the United States
operatedBy Works Progress Administration
partOf Federal Writers’ Project
New Deal cultural programs
Works Progress Administration
product bibliographies
guides to archives
inventories of public records
research aids for historians
significance contributed to development of archival standards in the United States
improved access to historical records
sponsor U.S. federal government


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