print email comment close American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html Description: "These life histories were written by the staff of the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. The Library of Congress collection includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300 writers from 24 states. Typically 2,000-15,000 words in length, the documents consist of drafts and revisions, varying in form from narrative to dialogue to report to case history. The histories describe the informant's family education, income, occupation, political views, religion and mores, medical needs, diet and miscellaneous observations." From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. Publisher: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945 United States -- History United States -- Social conditions LII Database Information: Record 17670 created by Carole Leita on 12/16/2000 Last modification on 01/27/2003 Published: 12/16/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/17670