Map showing the Bloomsburg State Teachers College campus in 1959
Originally created in 1999 by Robert Dunkelberger, University Archivist, and Jaclyn Hamaday, Archives student assistant
Description
Then known as the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania benefited during the Great Depression from a large construction project enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided a $184,604 grant for the project, whose final cost was $584,097. Construction occurred between January 1938 and July 1939. (PWA Docket No. [W]1866.)
Four buildings were constructed on the campus, including a gymnasium and shop/storage building. The present status of these structures is unknown to Living New Deal.
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 36.
"Public Works Administration", a Google Fusion Table by LaDale Winling, edited on March 15, 2011.
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?dsrcid=578234
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 29, 2014.
Additional contributions by Andrew Gallentine.
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Is there any more info on what buildingers were built? I could give an update on them.
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