Boys and Delano High School, Delano, CA

Project Partner:
• The California Historical Society

Financial Supporters:
• The Living New Deal Project is grateful for the generous support of the
Columbia Foundation, the LEF Foundation, and private contributors.

Project Advisors:
• Harvey Smith, Teacher
• William Deverell, Ph.D., Director Huntington-USC Institute
on California and the West
• Lisa Eriksen, California Exhibitions Resources Council (CERA)
• Robert Leighninger, Ph.D., Arizona State University
• Lee Simpson, Ph.D., Sacramento State University

Community Partners:
Historical Societies • Preservation Societies • CCC Alumni Groups

Because the remnants of the period are so many and varied, yet poorly documented, the Living New Deal Project is using the internet to enlist the aid of historical associations, preservations societies, New Deal veterans, librarians, historians, teachers, students, and others throughout California in a collective act of research and documentation.

If you’re interested in helping to research New Deal sites in California (including WPA, CCC, PWA, and others agencies), please email us for more information to get started!