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040 _aDLC
_cDLC
_dDLC
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_2lcmd
110 1 _aUnited States.
_bWork Projects Administration.
245 0 0 _aUnited States Work Projects Administration records,
_f1524-1975
_g(bulk 1935-1942).
300 _a409,000
_fitems.
300 _a1,634
_fcontainers plus
_a1
_foversize.
300 _a63
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a637.6
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 5 parts.
351 _aPart 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.
351 _aPart 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.
351 _aPart C: Research Library, 1925-1947, arranged in 2 series. Series 1: State File, 1925-1944; and Series 2: National File, 1929-1947.
351 _aPart D : Addition: Slave Narrative Indexing Project, circa 1975.
351 _aPart 5: Oversize, 1931-1940.
440 0 _aAmerican guide-books.
500 _aMicrofilm edition of slave narratives also available in the Library of Congress Microforms Reading Room, no. 974 (E); cataloged in record 83145588.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
506 _aRestrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
520 8 _aSeries 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.
520 8 _aSeries 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.
520 8 _aSeries 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.
520 8 _aSeries D consists of card files from an indexing project of the slave narratives.
530 _aLife 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.
530 _aSlave narratives available through the Library of Congress Web site under the title, Born in slavery: slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of inventory of Mormon diaries available,
_dno. 7,465.
530 _3Folklore, Wisconsin.
_aMicrofilm edition of containers A693-705 available,
_dno. 19,048.
530 _3Slave narratives.
_aMicrofilm edition of containers A917-A932 available,
_dno. 23,423 (Negative : 974 (E)).
530 _aMicrofilm edition of containers A1040-1080 (A1041-1080 available only on microfilm) available,
_dno. 19,334.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1941-1987.
544 _3Some drawings and photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
544 _3Some maps
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Geography and Map Division
544 _3Music and some material belonging to the Federal Theater Project
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Music Division.
545 0 _aThe U.S. Works Progress Administration was created in 1935; in 1939 the name was changed to U.S. Work Projects Administration.
545 0 _aFederal 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.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009053
583 _aContainers A1041-1080 no longer exist and are available only on microfilm.
600 1 0 _aAlgren, Nelson,
_d1909-1981.
600 1 0 _aAlsberg, Henry G.
_q(Henry Garfield),
_d1881-1970.
600 1 0 _aAlsberg, Henry G.
_q(Henry Garfield),
_d1881-1970
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBotkin, Benjamin Albert,
_d1901-1975.
600 1 0 _aBrown, Sterling Allen,
_d1901-1989.
600 1 0 _aColby, Merle,
_d1902-1969
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aConroy, Jack,
_d1898-1990.
600 1 0 _aCronin, George
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGaer, Joseph,
_d1897-1969
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHarris, Reed
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLaning, Claire
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLomax, John A.
_q(John Avery),
_d1867-1948.
600 1 0 _aWright, Richard,
_d1908-1960.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bFederal Emergency Relief Administration.
610 2 0 _aAmerican Public Welfare Association.
610 2 0 _aChamber of Commerce of the United States of America.
610 2 0 _aCommunity Chests and Councils of America.
610 2 0 _aFamily Welfare Association of America.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans.
650 0 _aDepressions
_y1929.
650 0 _aEthnic groups
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSlavery
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aUrban folklore
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aFolklore
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMormons
_zUtah.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic conditions
_y1918-1945.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEthnic relations.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xPolitics and government.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xReligion.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bWorks Progress Administration.
_tWorks Progress Administration records.
710 2 _aFederal Writers' Project.
_tFederal Writers' Project records.
710 2 _aWriters' Program (U.S.)
_tWriters' Program (U.S.) records.
740 0 _aAmerican life histories : manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940.
740 0 _aBorn in slavery: slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.
774 0 _tFederal Theatre Project collection
_w(DLC) 2003682046
856 4 1 _3American life histories : manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940.
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000007
856 4 1 _3Born in slavery: slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000008
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009053
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009053.3
999 _c43658
_d43658