Mr. Roosevelt Comes to Champaign County:
An Examination of the New Deal
Fellowship Lesson 2009
Marshall Schacht (St. Joseph-Ogden High School)
Champaign County Historical Archives
Sources
Newspapers:
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“Initial Relief” from Champaign-Urbana News Gazette February 16, 1989 (Part I, Part II)
Champaign County Historical Archives; Urbana Free Library
“FDR’s Legacy endures in local sites” from Champaign-Urbana News Gazette May 2, 1997 (Part
I, Part II); Champaign County Historical Archives; Urbana Free Library
“Parasites on Relief” Daily Illini, Editorial: Sept. 21, 1934 (pg. 4) ; Digital Newspaper
Collection; University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
“Make Second Cut in IERC Relief Funds” Urbana Daily Courier: Nov 14, 1935 (pg. 1) ; Digital
Newspaper Collection; University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
“Drastic Cuts in Relief Due Says Miss Gugenheim” Urbana Daily Courier: Dec. 5, 1935 (p. 3) ;
Digital Newspaper Collection; University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
“IERC Violating Pact, Pogue Says” Urbana Daily Courier: Dec. 6, 1935 (Part I, Part II) ; Digital
Newspaper Collection; University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
“Relief Office Awaits Plans for PWA Here” Urbana Daily Courier: July 8, 1935 (pg. 3) ;
Digital Newspaper Collection; University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
“Wilson Speaks to Supervisors” Urbana Daily Courier: July 25, 1935 (pg. 3) (photo) ; Digital
Newspaper Collection; University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
“Work for 3000 Men in County’s WPA” Urbana Daily Courier: Sep. 7, 1935 (pg. 3) ; Digital
Newspaper Collection; University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
“WPA Worker Gets in Trouble Trying to Pick His ‘Boss’” Urbana Daily Courier: Dec 6, 1935
(pg. 1) ; Digital Newspaper Collection; University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
“WPA Projects Here Valued Over Million” Urbana Daily Courier: Nov 2, 1936; Champaign
County Historical Archives; Urbana Free Library
“WPA in DeWitt County” Urbana Daily Courier: Aug 1, 1936 (Part I, Part II, Part III);
Champaign County Historical Archives; Urbana Free Library
“Water Works to Modernize Village” Champaign-Urbana News Gazette: Dec 14, 1941;
Champaign County Historical Archives; Urbana Free Library
“Community Building Nearly Done” Champaign Urbana News Gazette: May 17, 1942 (photo)
Vertical File, Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library
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“Former Urbana High Youth Declares CCC Is Great Outing and Pleasant Work” ChampaignUrbana News Gazette: Sept 9, 1933 (Part I, Part II) ; Champaign County Historical Archives;
Urbana Free Library
“Applications for CCC Camp Work Will Be Accepted” Daily Illini Sep 28, 1934 (pg. 2) ;
Digital Newspaper Collection; University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
“CCC Costs Found to Total $443,000,000 for giving work to 850,000 Men During Year” Daily
Illini: Sep. 30, 1934 (pg. 11) ; Digital Newspaper Collection; University of Illinois @ UrbanaChampaign
“Would Militarize CCC” Urbana Daily Courier: Aug 1, 1936 ; Champaign County Historical
Archives; Urbana Free Library
“Danville Area Named Kickapoo State Park” Urbana Daily Courier: Aug 13, 1939; Champaign
County Historical Archives; Urbana Free Library
“Lehmann Tells Plan for Farm Electrification” Urbana Daily Courier: Sept. 18, 1935 (pg. 3) ;
Digital Newspaper Collection; University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
“Electric Lines Serve 12,000 Farm Families” Urbana Daily Courier: Aug. 19, 1938 (Part I, Part
II); Champaign County Historical Archives; Urbana Free Library
“1,471 at Work on County WPA Jobs Saturday” Urbana Daily Courier: Dec. 28, 1935; Digital
Newspaper Collection; University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
Photographs:
“Rural Power Network Grows” (Cooperative Map): Urbana Daily Courier: Dec. 20, 1938
Works Progress Administration Photographic File. Pictures from the Urbana Daily Courier
Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library. (WPA Pictures from Urbana Courier)
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Dec. 28 1935
Dec 28, 1935
Dec 28, 1935
Dec 28, 1935
Dec 28, 1935
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Dec 28, 1935
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Dec. 28 1935
Dec 28, 1935
Dec 28, 1935
Dec 28, 1935
June 25 1936
June 25, 1936
Dec 12, 1935
Mar 4, 1937
Jan 25, 1936
Dec 23,1937
Stump removal
Sewer Project NW Champaign (Vine and Prospect)
Storm Drain catch basins (175 employed)
Street Improvement (Matthew Ave, Urbana)
Crystal Lake Park (pump and tile…connect lake with Saline
Reclamation Park (Urbana)
Repairing books at Urbana Free Library
“Riprapping Boneyard” 2nd and Springfield in Champaign
Relaying Brick Sidewalks (Oregon St., Urbana)
“Ditch Gang” Church St., Champaign
NW Champaign Sewer Project
“Playday” at Hessel Park
Croquet at Crystal Lake Park
Recreation Project…handicraft classes
Boneyard tunnel (Coler and Busey to Washington in Urbana)
Book Repairs at the Urbana Free Library
Candles for Church Paraders (Champaign)
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Aug 18, 1937
Removing rails from abandoned street car system (Champaign)
Works Progress Administration District Map; Illinois Division of Operators; July 31, 1939; Works
Progress
Administration Photographic File; Champaign County Historical Archives; Urbana Free
Library
Local Photographs taken by Marshall Schacht
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Leal Elementary School (July 8, 2009)
Champaign Central High School (June 24, 2009)
Champaign City Building (June 17, 2009)
Illini Union (June 29, 2009)
National Guard Armory of Champaign (July 2, 2009)
Windsor Road Construction (June 31, 2009)
Political Cartoons:
“The Best They Have to Offer” N.Y. World-Telegram: Aug. 11, 1934
“Follow the Leader” New York Herald Tribune: April 29 1933
“Depression Mud Hole” Birmingham Age-Herald: Oct 2, 1933
“National Recovery Boat” Punch: June 5, 1933
“Show Me Those Guys (boxing)” Washington Post: Dec. 4, 1935