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The direct focus of the WPA projects changed with need. In 1935 priority projects were to improve infrastructure; roads, extension of electricity to rural areas, water conservation, sanitation and flood control. In 1936, as outlined in that year’s [[Emergency Relief Appropriations Act]], public facilities became a focus; parks and associated facilities, public buildings, utilities, airports, and transportation projects were funded. The following year, saw the introduction of agricultural improvements, such as the production of marl fertilizer and the eradication of fungus pests. As the Second World War approached, and then eventually began, WPA projects became increasingly defense related.<ref name="Leighninger Long Range"/>{{Rp|70}}
One project of the WPA was funding state-level library service demonstration projects, to create new areas of library service to underserved populations and to extend rural service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newdeal.feri.org/ala/al38703.htm |title=WPA and Rural Libraries |publisher=Newdeal.feri.org |date= |accessdate=2012-04-20}}</ref> Another project was the [[Household Service Demonstration Project]], which trained 30,000 women for domestic employment. [[South Carolina]] had one of the larger statewide library service demonstration projects. At the end of the project in 1943, South Carolina had twelve publicly funded county libraries, one regional library, and a funded state library agency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~landc/fulltext/LandC_32_4_Gorman.pdf |title=Blazing the Way: The WPA Library Service Demonstration Project in South Carolina by Robert M. Gorman |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2012-04-20}}</ref>
===Federal Project Number One===
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* [http://www.solvingpoverty.com/ WPA inspired Gulf Coast Civic Works Project]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522030721/http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2008/0308dodd.html An Introduction to the Employer of Last Resort Proposal] from [[Dollars & Sense]]. Includes several images from the original WPA.
* [http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/ Living New Deal Project] – The Living New Deal Project documents the living legacy of New Deal agencies, including the WPA. The Living New Deal website includes an extensive digital map featuring detailed information about specific WPA projects by location.
* [http://histclo.com/essay/war/dep/cou/us/nda-wpa.html New Deal Agencies: The Works Progress Administration]
* [http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/show_soul_people.do Soul of a People documentary] on [[Smithsonian Networks]]
* [http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?u29.138-w27-ead Works Progress Administration Tampa Office Records] at the [http://lib.usf.edu University of South Florida]
* [http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asm/MS2.xml;query=wpa;brand=default Arizona Archives Online Finding Aid] – The Arizona State Museum Library & Archives holds the records of the WPA Statewide Archaeological Project (1938–1940) and are found on AAO.
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'''WPA murals:'''
* [http://www.wpamurals.com/ Database of WPA murals]
* [http://www.americanabstractartists.org/history/wpamurals/ WPA-FAP Mural Division in NYC, and restoration of murals at the Williamsburg Houses and Hospital for Chronic Diseases on Welfare Island]
* [http://www.muralist.org/ WPA mural projects] by noted muralist Sr. [[Lucia Wiley]]
* [http://www.LouisSchanker.info WPA Artist Louis Schanker]
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