This collection, the Tennessee WPA/National Youth Administration Records, 1933-1942, contains 74 items and is separated into three series. Most of these items are memoranda about form and payroll changes from Bruce Overton, the State Director in Tennessee, and are business letters from or to D. B. Cornwell, the District Supervisor in Knoxville, Tenn. There are also blank forms, letterheads, and various undated lists about Work Projects for the National Youth Administration in Tennessee.

Series I -- Memoranda to Supervisors, 1937-1939, contains 30 memoranda. Bruce Overton sent most of these items to Supervisors and District Managers in Tennessee. These include information about bulletin and form revisions and nullifications.

Series II -- Business letters, 1933-1942, contains 19 items, usually from Stacey M. Dobbs, Supervisor of Projects in Tennessee, and to or from D. B. Cornwell. One letter is from 1933, two from 1937, two from 1940, one from 1941, one from 1942, and none from 1934 to 1936. The remaining items are from 1938 and 1939.

In Series III -- Other documents, 1937-1939, there is a list dated 1937 and two torn payroll sheets from 1939; however, the remaining 23 items are undated. Among these documents are lists for Work Project data, payroll data, and county numbers, as well as blank letterheads and payroll sheets.