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The American slave : a composite autobiography / [edited by] George P. Rawick.
- Text
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Pub. Co., 1972.
- 1972
- 60 Items
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South Carolina folktales; stories of animals and supernatural beings, compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of South Carolina. Columbia, S.C.
- Text
- [New York, AMS Press, 1975]
- 1973-1941
- 1 Item
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Land of Nakoda; the story of the Assiniboine Indians. From the tales of the Old Ones told to First Boy (James L. Long), with drawings by Fire Bear (William Standing). Helena, Mont., State Pub. Co., 1942.
- Text
- [New York, AMS Press, 1975]
- 1975-1942
- 1 Item
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The Bohemian Flats. Compiled by the workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Minnesota. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press.
- Text
- [New York, AMS Press, 1973]
- 1973-1941
- 1 Item
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The Armenians in Massachusetts. Boston, Armenian Historical Society, 1937.
- Text
- [New York, AMS Press, 1973]
- 1973-1937
- 1 Item
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Idaho lore. Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, 1939.
- Text
- [New York, AMS Press, 1973]
- 1973-1939
- 1 Item
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First person America / selected and edited by Ann Banks. 1st ed.
- Text
- New York : Knopf : distributed by Random House, 1980.
- 1980
- 1 Item
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The First Franco-Americans : New England life histories from the Federal Writers' Project, 1938-1939 / [edited by] C. Stewart Doty.
- Text
- Orono, Me. : University of Maine at Orono Press, 1985.
- 1985
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JAY G-1236 Offsite The WPA guide to America : the best of 1930s America as seen by the Federal Writers' Project: Selections from the American guide series / written and compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration, 1935-1941 ; edited by Bernard A. Weisberger.
- Text
- New York : Pantheon Books, c1985.
- 1985
- 1 Item
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The WPA guide to Illinois : the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930s Illinois / written and compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the state of Illinois ; with a new introduction by Neil Harris and Michael Conzen.
- Text
- New York : Pantheon Books, c1983.
- 1983-1939
- 1 Item
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The WPA guide to Texas : with a new introduction / by Don Graham ;the Federal Writers' Project guide to Texas.
- Text
- Austin, Tex. : Texas Monthly Press, [1986, c1940]
- 1986-1940
- 1 Item
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The American guide series : works by the Federal Writers' Project / [compiled and written by Marc S. Selvaggio].
- Text
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Arthur Scharf, Bookseller : Schoyer's Books, [1990]
- 1990
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text ILH 91-7241 Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Zora Neale Hurston portrait collection [graphic].
- Still image
- <1920?-1950?>
- 1920-1950
- 1 Item
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Richard Wright portrait collection [graphic].
- Still image
- <1940?-1959?>
- 1940-1959
- 1 Item
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The Florida Negro : a Federal Writers' Project legacy / edited, with an introduction by Gary W. McDonogh.
- Text
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c1993.
- 1993
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc E 93-207 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Washington, city and capital / Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration.
- Text
- Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office, 1937.
- 1937
- 5 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Map Div. (United States. Works progress administration. District of Columbia. Washington, City and Capital) Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text MQWO (United States. Works progress administration. District of Columbia. Washington, City and Capital) Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Desk Room 300 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *R-USLHG F199 .F38 1937 Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
The story of the Negro in Los Angeles County; Compiled by Federal Writers' Project ... under the supervision of Hugh Harlan ...
- Text
- [San Francisco, R. and E Research Associates, 1970]
- 1970
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc 979.494-V (Vivian, O. Story of the Negro in Los Angeles County) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Slave narratives [microform] : a folk history of slavery in the United States from interviews with former slaves : typewritten records / prepared by the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 : assembled by the Library of Congress Project, Work Projects Administration for the District of Columbia : sponsored by the Library of Congress : illustrated with photographs.
- Text
- Washington, 1941.
- 1941
- 11 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc Micro R-6467 r. 9 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc Micro R-6467 r. 11 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
The WPA guide to 1930s Montana / compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the state of Montana ; with a new foreword by William Kittredge.
- Text
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [c1994]
- 1994-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text IWL 95-3565 Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
The records of the Swedish Lutheran churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck, 1713-1786 / translated and compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Progress Administration, state of New Jersey ; with an introduction and notes by Amandus Johnson.
- Text
- Woodbury, N.J. : Gloucester County Historical Society, [1982], c1938.
- 1982-1938
- 1 Item
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The Berkshire Hills. Compiled and written by members of the Federal Writersʼ Project of the Works Progress Administration for Massachusetts; sponsored by the Berkshire Hills Conference Inc.
- Text
- New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls company, 1939.
- 1939
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Rare Books 23-856 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text IQH (Berkshire Co.) (United States. Works progress administration. Massachusetts. Berkshire hills) Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Savannah River plantations / [by] Savannah Writers' Project, Mary Granger, editor.
- Text
- Georgia, Savannah : Georgia Historical Society, 1947.
- 1947
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Rare Books 23-216 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Not available - Please for assistance.Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text ITK (Chatham Co.) (United States. Works progress administration. Georgia. Savannah River plantations) Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Entertaining a nation; the career of Long Branch.
- Text
- Long Branch, N.J. 1940.
- 1940
- 2 Items
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History of Milwaukee, Oregon / by Charles Oluf Olson.
- Text
- Milwaukee, Or. : Milwaukee Historical Society? 1965.
- 1965
- 1 Item
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Matawan, 1686-1936 / written and illustrated by workers of the Federal Writers' Projects, State of New Jersey Works Progress Administration.
- Text
- Newark, N.J. : Federal Writers' Projects, 1936
- 1936
- 3 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Rare Books 23-903 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text NYGB N.J. L M413.5 Offsite Not available - In use until 2024-04-16 - Please for assistance.Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text IXZ p.v. 286 no. 1-8 Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Boston looks seaward; the story of the port, 1630-1940, compiled by workers of the Writers' program of the Work Projects Administration in the state of Massachusetts, sponsored by Boston port authority.
- Text
- Boston, B. Humphries, inc., 1941.
- 1941
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text TLH (United States. Works progress administration, Massachusetts. Boston looks seaward) Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Rare Books 23-860 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
The WPA guide to New York City : the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930s New York : a comprehensive guide to the five boroughs of the metropolis-- Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond / prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New York City ; with an introduction by William H. Whyte.
- Text
- New York : New Press, ©1992.
- 1992
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Desk-USLHG F128.18 .N375 1992 Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Homeless, friendless, and penniless : the WPA interviews with former slaves living in Indiana / [compiled by] Ronald L. Baker.
- Text
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2000.
- 2000
- 2 Items
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Bearing witness : memories of Arkansas slavery : narratives from the 1930s WPA collections / edited by George E. Lankford.
- Text
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2003.
- 2003
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc E 03-918 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Architecture [graphic].
- Still image
- [192-?]-[197-?]
- 197-197
- 1 Item
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Bearing witness : memories of Arkansas slavery : narratives from the 1930s WPA collections / edited by George E. Lankford.
- Text
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2006.
- 2006
- 1 Item
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History of the Ordinance of 1787 and the Old Northwest Territory : a supplemental text for school use / prepared for the Northwest Territory Celebration Commission under the direction of a committee representing the states of the Northwest Territory, Harlow Lindley, chairman, Norris F. Schneider, and Milo M. Quaife ; the Federal Writers' Project cooperating.
- Text
- Marietta, Ohio : Northwest Territory Celebration Commission, 1937.
- 1937
- 1 Item
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Wyoming folklore : reminiscences, folktales, beliefs, customs, and folk speech / collected by the Federal Writers' Project ; edited by James R. Dow, Roger L. Welsch, and Susan D. Dow ; introduction by James R. Dow and Roger L. Welsch.
- Text
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2010.
- 2010
- 1 Item
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One more river to cross : a verbatim fugue / adapted by Lynn Nottage.
- Text
- New York, NY : Dramatists Play Service Inc. ; [2015]
- 2015-2015
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc D 15-1441 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Slave culture : a documentary collection of the slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project / Spencer Crew, Lonnie Bunch, and Clement Price, editors.
- Text
- Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, [2014]
- 2014
- 6 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *R-USLHG E444 .S55 2014 v. 2 Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
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Bearing witness [electronic resource] : memories of Arkansas slavery : narratives from the 1930s WPA collections / edited by George E. Lankford.
- Text
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2006.
- 2006
- 2 Resources
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The WPA guide to 1930s Iowa [electronic resource] / compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Iowa ; introduction by Joseph Frazier Wall.
- Text
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2007].
- 2007-1938
- 2 Resources
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New York panorama : essays from the 1930s the Federal Writers' Project.
- Text
- Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, Inc., 2018.
- 2018-1938
- 1 Item
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A guide to Alaska, last American frontier / by Merle Colby, Federal Writers' Project ; John W. Troy, governor of Alaska, sponsor.
- Text
- New York : Macmillan Company, 1939.
- 1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Rare Books 18-4348 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Harlem photographs, 1932-1940 / Aaron Siskind ; foreword, Gordon Parks ; Harlem, a document ; Maricia Battle ; text from Federal Writers' Project ; edited by Ann Banks.
- Text
- Washington : National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1990.
- 1990
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text MFX (Siskind) 92-6993 Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Harlem document : photographs, 1932-1940 / Aaron Siskind ; foreword, Gordon Parks ; text from Federal Writers Project edited by Ann Banks.
- Text
- Providence, R. I. : Matrix, 1981.
- 1981
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc D 83-34 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
The WPA guide to New York City : the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930s New York : a comprehensive guide to the five boroughs of the metropolis-- Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond / prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New York City ; with an introduction by William H. Whyte.
- Text
- New York : New Press, 1992, c1939.
- 1992-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text J 917.47 W Offsite The Intracoastal Waterway : Norfolk to Key West / compiled by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration.
- Text
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1937.
- 1937
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Rare Books 23-200 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Not available - Please for assistance.Dutchess county, New York [cartographic material] : map supplement to the Dutchess county guide of the American guide series.
- Cartographic
- [Philadelphia] William Penn Association of Philadelphia, 1938.
- 1938
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Cartographic AA730 N4 F31 Off-site Boston looks seaward ; the story of the port, 1630-1940.
- Text
- New York : Library Editions, 1970.
- 1970-1941
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text F73.63 .W8 1970 Off-site Seeing St. Augustine / Record Co., 1937.
- Text
- [New York] : [AMS Press], [1976]
- 1976-1937
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text F319.S2 F4 1976 Off-site Savannah River plantations / [by] Savannah Writers' Project; Mary Granger, editor.
- Text
- Savannah : Georgia Historical Society, 1947.
- 1947
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text 975.6C391 W939 Off-site Erie ; a guide to the city and county / written and compiled by the Erie County unit of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Sponsored by Charlie R. Barber, mayor of Erie.
- Text
- [Philadelphia] : The William Penn Association of Philadelphia, 1938.
- 1938
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text 978.5Er4 F31 Off-site The WPA guide to Washington, D.C. : the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930s Washington / with a new introduction by Roger G. Kennedy ; written and compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the District of Columbia.
- Text
- New York : Pantheon Books, [1983], ©1983.
- 1983-1942
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text AA735 W2 1983 W91 Off-site Not available - Please for assistance.The WPA guide to Florida : the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930's Florida / written and compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida ; with a new introduction by John I. McCollum.
- Text
- New York : Pantheon Books, 1984.
- 1984-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text AA730 F66 F664 Off-site
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