Unfinished books, 1940-1942.

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Unfinished books, 1940-1942.

Contains rough notes and typed copy for several unfinished writer's project books. Most of the material is related to two tour books of Princess Anne County. There is also a folder of Princess Anne County photographs intended for the book. Also in the collection is a final draft for a Virginia tour book and a final draft of a guide to Henrico County. Franklin County and Winchester each have a folder of rough notes. The series also contains a typed draft of a history of the Indian troubles in late eighteenth century Roanoke county. There are two folders of typed copy concerning the folklore of Wise County.

.7 cu. ft. (2 letter size hollingers).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6831264

Library of Virginia

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Federal writer's project

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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 empl...

Virginia Writers' Project.

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