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American life histories : manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- Civilization.
- United States--Civilization--1918-1945--Sources.
- United States.
- United States--History--1933-1945--Sources.
- United States--Social conditions--1933-1945--Sources.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945--Sources.
- United States--Biography.
- Oral history.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- At head of title: American memory
- Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, [1998]-
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- These life histories were written by the staff of the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. The Library of Congress collection includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300 writers from 24 states. Typically 2,000-15,000 words in length, the documents consist of drafts and revisions, varying in form from narrative to dialogue to report to case history. The histories describe the informant's family education, income, occupation, political views, religion and mores, medical needs, diet, and miscellaneous observations. Pseudonyms are often substituted for individuals and places named in the narrative texts. Includes special presentation, "Voices from the thirties : an introduction to the WPA Life Histories Collection / Ann Banks," which includes a sampling of the Federal Writers' Project interviews, with audio excerpts read by modern actors.
- Notes:
- Title from home page (viewed Mar. 29, 2002).
- Contains:
- Banks, Ann. Voices from the thirties.
- OCLC:
- 40561422
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