Virginia folklore and folk song collection [manuscript] 1936-1940.

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Virginia folklore and folk song collection [manuscript] 1936-1940.

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The collection contains interviews with former slaves, African American and white folklore, and African American songs and spirituals and white folk songs compiled by workers of the Work Projects Administration in Virginia.

34 boxes.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7937032

University of Virginia. Library

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United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...

Virginia Writers' Project

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