Federal Writers' Project Papers, 1936-1940

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Federal Writers' Project Papers, 1936-1940

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W. T. Couch (1901), while director of the University ofNorth Carolina Press, was also a part-time official of the Federal Writers' Projectof the Works Progress Administration, as assistant and associate director for NorthCarolina, 1936-1937, and as director for the southern region, 1938-1939. Thesepapers include his correspondence relating to the project, and the life histories ofabout 1,200 individuals, written by about 60 members of the project after one ormore interviews with the subjects. Persons interviewed, many of them AfricanAmericans, described life in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. There is a partial index to themany occupations of those interviewed. Also included, on microfilm, are ghoststories, local legends, etc., gathered in the project.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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