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Program

Public Programs: Public Programs Special Projects (GD)

Period of Performance

9/1/1979 - 5/31/1980

Funding Totals

$36,617.04 (approved)
$36,617.04 (awarded)

Rural Americans in the Depression: A California Odyssey

FAIN: GD-*1311-79

CSU, Bakersfiled (Bakersfield, CA 93311-1022)
Jack Goldsmith (Project Director: May 1979 to October 1990)

Supports planning for a research project and subsequent public programs on the migration of rural Americans to California during the 1930's depression.

To plan a four-year project entitled "Rural Americans in the Depression: A California Odyssey," designed to stimulate new research in the public awareness of this segment of American history and culture.