Events are coming up soon or ongoing in these states:

California   Maryland   New Mexico   New York  

 

 

NNDPA Board Member Price Fishback's article about the Home Owner's Loan Corporation, a New Deal program that bought and refinanced a million delinquent loans between 1933 and 1936, was featured on the Freakonomics website Jan. 10, 2012. Click here to read the article, which was co-written with Ken Snowden.

 

As the U.S. Postal Service struggles with budget shortfalls, historic post offices have been scheduled for closure and sale, including many built during the New Deal. To learn more:

• Read our email bulletin about this issue
• NNDPA Vice President Gray Brechin commented on this trend in this article for the Guardian
• This blog at savethepostoffice.com focuses on New Deal post offices that are threatened, along with the art inside them.
• Eleanor Roosevelt biographer and scholar Brigid O'Farrell questions the criticisms of the USPS in this article.

After 47 Years, Illinois Post Office Mural Is Brought Back Home

 

Read New Articles on the New Deal by NNDPA Officers

 

New Book Co-edited by NNDPA Board Member Now Available

 

Mural Controversy Brings Light to New Deal History

 

Got 1,517 Square Feet of Storage Space? Stunning WPA Model of San Francisco Could Use It

 

Overview of NNDPA Activities in 2010