17,000 New Deal Sites
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What Was the New Deal?
In the midst of Depression, the New Deal put millions to work, gave the nation hope, and left a vast legacy of public works still serving America today.
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The New Deal did a great deal of good in overcoming the exclusion of neglected, oppressed and marginalized people in American life.
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A Green New Deal
Given the importance of the moment and the need to think through such an ambitious program, we at the Living New Deal have created this forum to feature discussion and proposals to help educate the public and guide legislators.
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The Living New Deal
A network of people collecting New Deal documents, photos and stories in order to preserve and proclaim this national heritage.
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San Francisco Mural Fight
The Fight to Save the Arnautoff Murals at George Washington High School
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New Deal airports, schools, hospitals, post offices, art, highways and more are still in use 75 years after they were built. No city, town, or rural area was untouched by the New Deal.
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A map and guide to the key New Deal buildings and murals.
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A New Deal for Dalhart: Reviving a Rural Texas Town
“The thirties began in economic depression and in drought. The first of these disasters usually gets all the attention, although for many Americans living on farms, drought was the more serious problem,” Donald Worster wrote in his 1979 Bancroft Prize-winning… read more
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TEACHING ABOUT THE NEW DEAL
The biggest group of users of the Living New Deal’s online resources are students and teachers. The demand for such teaching materials is strong. Many American History teachers have reached out to us with requests and suggestions. Thus far, we… read more
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Growing up Roosevelt, A Conversation with Anna Eleanor Seagraves
Since 2005, when The Living New Deal began the work of documenting the New Deal’s achievements across the country, we’ve been fortunate to have members of the Roosevelt family on our team. Descendants of FDR and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt… read more
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Living New Deal Events
- Virtual Talk – WPA Discussion and Live Q&A with John Thomas 06.11 @ 2pm.
WPA Discussion and Live Q&A with Living New Deal Advisor, John Thomas 06.11 @ 2pm Long Beach Architecture Week will present a special lecture on the interwar era Art Deco architecture of Long Beach by expert and enthusiast John Thomas,… read more
My grandfather, Henry Galbraith, was a road contractor in the early 1900s. James Douglas, who owned the United Verde Extension… »