United States Work Projects Administration records, 1524-1975  (bulk 1935-1942). 

 - 409,000  items. 1,634  1  containers plus  oversize. 63  microfilm reels. 637.6  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 5 parts.  Part A: Federal Writers' Project Records, 1524-1942, arranged in 11 series.  Series 1: Administrative File, 1936-1941; Series 2: American Guide File, 1524-1942; Series 3: Folklore Project, 1936-1940; Series 4: Social-Ethnic Studies, 1789-1940; Series 5: Special Studies and Projects, 1530-1942; Series 6: Negro Studies Project, 1722-1939; Series 7: Slave Narrative Project, 1705-1938; Series 8: Miscellaneous Records, 1790-1942; Series 9: General Miscellany, 1889-1942; Series 10: Printed Matter, 1935-1942; and Series 11: Addition, 1860-1940.  Part B: Historical Records Survey Records, 1608-1942, arranged in 9 series.  Series 1: Administrative File, 1933-1941; Series 2: Manuscript Record Survey, National Office, 1936-1942; Series 3: Church Record Survey, District of Columbia, 1735-1941; Series 4: Municipal Records Survey, District of Columbia, 1937-1941; Series 5: American Imprints Inventory, District of Columbia, 1938-1941; Series 6: Archival and Manuscript Records, 1681-1937; Series 7: Miscellany, 1608-1942; Series 8: Printed Matter, 1935-1942; and Series 9: Addition, 1784-1801.  Part C: Research Library, 1925-1947, arranged in 2 series.  Series 1: State File, 1925-1944; and Series 2: National File, 1929-1947.  Part D : Addition: Slave Narrative Indexing Project, circa 1975.  Part 5: Oversize, 1931-1940. 
 - American guide-books. .
<br/><br/> Microfilm edition of slave narratives also available in the Library of Congress Microforms Reading Room, no. 974 (E); cataloged in record 83145588. 
<br/><br/> Open to research.  Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 
<br/><br/> Series A. includes 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, rural and urban folklore, customs of social and ethnic groups, and African Americans both slaves and ex-slaves.  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.  Series B includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, surveys, notes, data sheets, lists, instructional manuals, personnel records, transcripts of documents, newspaper articles, catalog entries, newspaper articles, and index cards.  Subjects include church and religious activity in Washington, D.C., boards, commissions, and departments of the nation's capitol, and Mormons in Utah.  Series C includes speeches, reports, publications, financial material, personnel forms, procedural and instructional manuals, press releases, newsletters, bulletins, promotional material, statistical data, graphs, illustrations, photographs, and related records.  Documents the social welfare programs of the Depression era including the U.S. Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the U.S. Work Projects Administration, and private organizations including American Public Welfare Association, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Community Chests and Councils of America, and Family Welfare Association.  Series D consists of card files from an indexing project of the slave narratives. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1941-1987. 
<br/><br/><br/>Some drawings and photographs <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Some maps <br/>Library of Congress Geography and Map Division <br/>transferred to <br/>Music and some material belonging to the Federal Theater Project <br/>Library of Congress Music Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>The U.S. Works Progress Administration was created in 1935; in 1939 the name was changed to U.S. Work Projects Administration. <br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009053 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 82055715  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981. <br/>Alsberg, Henry G. 1881-1970. <br/>Alsberg, Henry G. 1881-1970 --Correspondence.<br/>Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975. <br/>Brown, Sterling Allen, 1901-1989. <br/>Colby, Merle, 1902-1969 --Correspondence.<br/>Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990. <br/>Cronin, George--Correspondence.<br/>Gaer, Joseph, 1897-1969 --Correspondence.<br/>Harris, Reed--Correspondence.<br/>Laning, Claire--Correspondence.<br/>Lomax, John A. 1867-1948. <br/>Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration. <br/>American Public Welfare Association.<br/>Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.<br/>Community Chests and Councils of America.<br/>Family Welfare Association of America.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans.<br/>Depressions--1929.<br/>Ethnic groups--United States.<br/>Slavery--United States.<br/>Urban folklore--United States.<br/>Folklore--United States.<br/>Mormons--Utah.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Description and travel.<br/>United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.<br/>United States--Ethnic relations.<br/>United States--Social life and customs.<br/>Washington (D.C.)--Politics and government.<br/>Washington (D.C.)--Religion.