Norvelt: A New Deal Subsistence Homestead

by Sandra Wolk Schimizzi, Valeria Sofranko Wolk, Foreword by Michael Cary

Book Overview

In 1933, the town of Norvelt became the fourth of 99 planned subsistence homestead communities subsidized by the federal government as part of the National Industrial Recovery Act for dislocated miners and industrial workers. The American Field Service Committee was recruited to implement and build the subsistence project and established a work camp in the summer of 1934. More than 1,850 people applied for 250 lots, and the first 1,200 homesteaders...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738572160
• ISBN13: 9780738572161
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"