Stetson Kennedy papers, 1936-1978 [manuscript].

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Stetson Kennedy papers, 1936-1978 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26320028

Correspondence, 1938-1939, and other papers relating to the Florida office of the Federal Writers' Project, including letters exchanged by staff members Roland Phillips and Maxwell Hunter in Washington, D.C., and director Carita Doggett Corse, while the former were editing the state guide, specifically downplaying some of the more controversial aspects of race relations. The letters give insight into the operation of the Project and into the relationship between the state and national offices. Also included are thirty-three life histories and narratives generated by the project, all pertaining to Florida, four of which concern Mulberry Grove Plantation. In addition, there is scattered material (correspondence and writings), 1938-1945, relating to Stetson Kennedy's work for the Project and his later career; and a folder of miscellaneous material, 1938-1978, relating to African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston.

88 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7160765

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63599q1 (person)

Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays. Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama, and moved with her family to Eatonville, Florida, in 1894. She later used Eatonville as the setting for many of her stories. It is n...

Hunter, Maxwell.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v2jq5 (person)

Corse, Carita Doggett, 1892-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q243b8 (person)

Carita Doggett Corse was the director of the Florida Federal Writers' Project from its inception in 1935 until 1942. She was the author of a number of historical publications including "The Key to the Golden Islands" and "Dr. Andrew Turnbull and the New Smyrna Colony of Florida" which was an account of her great-great-great grandfather's role in the founding of that colony. She attended Vassar College, earned her master's degree at Columbia University and received an honorary doctorate of letter...

Phillips, Roland Erasmus

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sc1n00 (person)

Kennedy, Stetson

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6349mhq (person)

Author, journalist, and civil rights activist; b. 1916. From the description of Stetson Kennedy collection, 1916-1950 [microform]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122550492 From the description of Stetson Kennedy collection microform. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 238022799 From the description of Stetson Kennedy collection microform. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 238022716 Civil rights advocate, writer. From the description of Stets...