Federal writer's project

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Dates:
Active 1698
Active 1893
Active 1936
Active 1944
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Active 1942
Active 1936
Active 1940
Active 1938
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Active 1937
Active 1942
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Active 1524
Active 1975
Iroquoian languages, English

History notes:

Hinton was a former slave who was living in North Carolina at the time of the interview.

From the guide to the Martha Adeline Hinton interview, 1937, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

One of the first actions by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s was to extend federal work relief to the unemployed. One such relief program was the Works Progress Administration, which FDR established in 1933. By 1941 the WPA had provided employment for 8 million people. One segment of the population which the WPA helped were artists, musicians, and writers, and the WPA instituted programs especially designed to utilize the talents of these people. An example of one such program was the Mormon Diaries project.

With assistance from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Historical Records Survey, as well as the WPA, Juanita Brooks supervised a project to collect and transcribe the diaries, journals, and biographical sketches for over 400 Latter-day Saint pioneers. The project ran 1934 until 1942. The material gathered also contained the histories of several towns and counties.

In 1942, when the WPA disbanded, the original transcriptions were turned over to the Library of Congress. The first copy and parts of the second and third carbon copies were deposited with the Utah State Historical Society. Other copies were deposited with Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, and Utah State University. In 1950 the Library of Congress microfilmed the entire collection on 13 reels, and since that time, microfilmed copies have been added to most major collections of Western Americana or LDS genealogy in the United States.

From the guide to the Mormon diaries, 1820-1936, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives)

The Federal Writers' Project was part of the Works Progress Administration.

From the description of Interviews with former slaves in Oklahoma, 1937. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 55005601

The Federal Writers' Project was part of the Works Progress Administration of the United States and was designed to give historians and writers employment during the 1930s.

From the description of Interviews with former slaves in North Carolina, 1937. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 54904682

The Federal Writers' Project was part of the Works Progress Administration.

From the description of Interviews with former slaves living in Ohio, 1937. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 55005613

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Subjects:

  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • African Americans
  • Agriculture
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • American newspapers
  • Cattle trade
  • Cattle trade
  • Civic Activism
  • Environmental Activism
  • Environmental Conditions
  • Environment and Conservation
  • Federal aid to public welfare
  • Federal aid to the arts
  • Folklore
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Fugitive slaves
  • Government, Law and Politics
  • Grazing
  • Grazing
  • Grazing
  • Immigration and American Expansion
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Literature and state
  • Manuscript maps
  • Material Types
  • MormonChurch
  • Mormon handcart companies
  • Mormon missionaries
  • Mormon pioneers
  • Mormon pioneers
  • Mormon women
  • Mormon women
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Oneida Indians
  • Oral history
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • Overland journeys to the West (U.S.)
  • Pioneers
  • Public lands
  • Public service employment
  • Public works
  • Ranchers
  • Ranchers
  • Ranching
  • Rangelands
  • Range management
  • Sheep industry
  • Sheep industry
  • Slaves
  • Slaves
  • Slaves
  • Slaves
  • Slaves
  • Slaves
  • Texts
  • Underground railroad
  • Utah Expedition, 1857-1858
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Women
  • Women
  • Women
  • Women
  • Women's rights
  • Slavery
  • Cattle trade
  • Grazing
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  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Mormon pioneers
  • Mormon women
  • Ranchers
  • Sheep industry
  • Slaves
  • Slaves
  • Slaves
  • Slaves
  • Slaves
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Women
  • Women
  • Women

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  • South Carolina (as recorded)
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  • North Carolina (as recorded)
  • Oneida Reservation (Wis.) (as recorded)
  • Utah (as recorded)
  • Florida (as recorded)
  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • Louisiana (as recorded)
  • Arkansas (as recorded)
  • New Jersey (as recorded)
  • Tennessee (as recorded)
  • Southern States (as recorded)
  • Alabama (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Okahoma (as recorded)
  • Pensacola (Fla.) (as recorded)
  • Oklahoma (as recorded)

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