English, Published edition: U.S. Work Projects Administration records, United States. Work Projects Administration

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Physical Description
  • 409,000 items.
  • 1,634 containers plus 1 oversize.
  • 52 microfilm reels.
  • 632 linear feet.
Language
  • English

Edition details

Title
  • U.S. Work Projects Administration records, 1524-1947
Also Titled
  • American life histories : manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940.
  • Born in slavery: slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.
Creator
  • United States. Work Projects Administration
Other Creators
  • United States. Works Progress Administration. Records of the Works Progress Administration.
  • Federal Writers' Project. Federal Writers' Project records.
  • Writers' Program (U.S.). Writers' Program records.
Physical Description
  • 409,000 items.
  • 1,634 containers plus 1 oversize.
  • 52 microfilm reels.
  • 632 linear feet.
Series
Part/s
  • Federal Theatre Project collection
Subjects
Summary
  • Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, essays, scripts, plays, oral testimony in the form of life histories, folklore material, field reports, notes, transcripts of documents, inventories, lists, statements, instructions, surveys, critical appraisals, administrative records, graphs, drawings, maps, and other records. Subjects include production of American Guide-books which were intended to encourage travel to various states to bolster the economy during the Great Depression Folklorists include Benjamin Albert Botkin and John A. Lomax. Authors include Nelson Algren, Sterling Brown, Jack Conroy, and Richard Wright. Correspondents include Henry Alsberg, Merle Colby, George Cronin, Joseph Gaer, Reed Harris, and Claire Laning.
Biography
  • The U.S. Works Progress Administration was created in 1935; in 1939 the name was changed to U.S. Work Projects Administration.
  • Federal Writer's Project, directed by Henry Alsberg, was created in 1935 as part of the U.S. Work Progress Administration to provide employment for historians, teachers, writers, librarians, and other white-collar workers. The purpose of the project was to produce a series of sectional guide books under the name American Guide, focusing on the scenic, historical, cultural, and economic resources of the U.S. Eventually new programs were developed and projects begun under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration were absorbed by the Federal Writers' Project. Federal Writers' Project renamed Writers' Program.
Notes
  • Microfilm edition of slave narratives also available in the Library of Congress Microforms Reading Room, no. 974 (E); cataloged in record 83145588.
  • Life histories and corollary documents assembled by the Folklore Project with the Federal Writer's effort, 1936-1940, also available through the Library of Congress Web site under the title, American life histories : manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940.
  • Slave narratives available through the Library of Congress Web site under the title, Born in slavery: slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.
  • Microfilm edition of inventory of Mormon diaries available ; no. 7,465.
  • Microfilm edition of containers A693-705 (Folklore, Wisconsin) available ; no. 19,048.
  • Microfilm edition only of containers A1040-1080 available ; no. 19,334.
  • Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1944-1987.
  • Gift Harvester Press Microform Publications Ltd. Brighton, Sussex, England 1986-1987.
  • Transfer U.S. Work Projects Administration 1936-1944.
  • Other gift and transfer 1981-1998.
  • transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
  • transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
  • transferred to Library of Congress Music Division.
  • Collection material in English.
  • Containers A1041-1080 no longer exist and are available only on microfilm.
Access Conditions
  • Restrictions apply.
Language
  • English
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