books.google.com - In 1935 the FDR administration put 40,000 unemployed artists to work in four federal arts projects. The main contribution of one unit, the Federal Writers Project, was the American Guide Series, a collectively composed set of guidebooks to every state, most regions, and many cities, towns, and villages...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_WPA_guides.html?id=PkPjUVS-cukC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe WPA guides
