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Federal Writers Project

Federal Writers Project. What it is. Part of Works Progress Administration 1935 Jobs for writers and other literary types Roosevelt concerned about wasting skills NOT blue-collar work.

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Federal Writers Project

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  1. Federal Writers Project

  2. What it is • Part of Works Progress Administration • 1935 • Jobs for writers and other literary types • Roosevelt concerned about wasting skills • NOT blue-collar work "A Teachers Guide to Just as Free as I Am." Tennessee Common Core Reader. Tennessee History for Kids, n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2012. American Memory, Library of Congress

  3. Guide Books • 1 for each state (48) & DC • Scenic, geographical, historical, cultural, and economic information • pictures, maps, drawings • 6,000 employed • Collectible • D.C. guide

  4. Slave Narratives • Former slaves were elderly • Writers captured their stories • 2,300 stories & 500 pictures • 17 volumes called Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves

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