09789cpcaa2201093 a 4500 mm 82055715 DLC 20260227111715.0 cr ||||||||||| 820209|||||||||||| eng mm 82055715 95790661 42023109 DLC DLC DLC dacs R lcmd United States. Work Projects Administration. United States Work Projects Administration records, 1524-1975 (bulk 1935-1942). 409,000 items. 1,634 containers plus 1 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. Microfilm edition of slave narratives also available in the Library of Congress Microforms Reading Room, no. 974 (E); cataloged in record 83145588. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 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. 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. Folklore, Wisconsin. Microfilm edition of containers A693-705 available, no. 19,048. Slave narratives. Microfilm edition of containers A917-A932 available, no. 23,423 (Negative : 974 (E)). Microfilm edition of containers A1040-1080 (A1041-1080 available only on microfilm) available, no. 19,334. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1941-1987. Some drawings and photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Music and some material belonging to the Federal Theater Project transferred to Library of Congress Music Division. 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. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009053 Containers A1041-1080 no longer exist and are available only on microfilm. Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981. Alsberg, Henry G. (Henry Garfield), 1881-1970. Alsberg, Henry G. (Henry Garfield), 1881-1970 Correspondence. Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975. Brown, Sterling Allen, 1901-1989. Colby, Merle, 1902-1969 Correspondence. Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990. Cronin, George Correspondence. Gaer, Joseph, 1897-1969 Correspondence. Harris, Reed Correspondence. Laning, Claire Correspondence. Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration. American Public Welfare Association. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. Community Chests and Councils of America. Family Welfare Association of America. African Americans. Depressions 1929. Ethnic groups United States. Slavery United States. Urban folklore United States. Folklore United States. Mormons Utah. United States Description and travel. United States Economic conditions 1918-1945. United States Ethnic relations. United States Social life and customs. Washington (D.C.) Politics and government. Washington (D.C.) Religion. United States. Works Progress Administration. Works Progress Administration records. Federal Writers' Project. Federal Writers' Project records. Writers' Program (U.S.) Writers' Program (U.S.) records. American life histories : manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940. Born in slavery: slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938. Federal Theatre Project collection (DLC) 2003682046 American life histories : manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000007 Born in slavery: slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000008 Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009053 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009053.3 43658 43658