The Chicago foreign language press survey, 1936-1941 (inclusive) [microform].
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Pierce, Bessie Louise, 1888-1974
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A.B., University of Iowa, 1910. A.M., University of Chicago, 1918. Ph. D., University of Iowa, 1923. Associate in history, University of Iowa, 1919-22; assistant professor, 1922-26; associate professor, 1926-29. Associate professor of history, University of Chicago, 1929-53. Advisor to the W.P.A. Foreign Language Press Survey in Chicago, 1936-1940. Director of the History of Chicago Project 1929-1973. From the description of Papers, 1839-1974 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Libra...
Chicago Public Library Omnibus Project
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The survey, begun in 1936 and officially sponsored by the Chicago Public Library Omnibus Project, was organized by the Illinois Works Projects Administration. The purpose of the project was to translate, transcribe, and index selected news articles that appeared in the foreign language press of Chicago, 1833-1936. The project ended in 1941. Bessie Louise Pierce, a faculty member in the University of Chicago History Department, was an advisor on the project. From the description of Th...
