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Federal Writers' Project

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Federal Writers' Project

US arts project founded 1934 by the Works Progress Administration to encourage and employ writers during the Depression, generate compilations of regional records and folklore, and develop a series of guides to states and regions.



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Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1938: Stories As A Catalyst for Historical Comprehension
Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1938: stories ... by Campos, David / Black History Bulletin
In a fascinating section on the American Guide series, put out during the New Deal by the WPA and the Federal Writers' Project, she demonstrates how the series built on earlier travel guides to "catalog and thus legitimize America as a united nation," (219).
See America First: Tourism and National Identity, 1880-1940. by Martin, Scott C. / Journal of Social History
In the early 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project (FWP)--a part of Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration--set out to record the memories of surviving slaves.
Unchained Memories: Readings From the Slave Narratives by Reynolds, Clarence V. / Black Issues Book Review
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