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United States. Works Progress Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was a government agency involved in public works programs. The agency was established in 1935 as part of the New Deal, and employed millions of Americans. The program was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939.

Citation:
Encylopedia Brittanica, via www, February 2, 2022 (The Works Progress Administration was a government agency involved in public works programs. The agency was established in 1935 as part of the New Deal, and employed millions of Americans. The program was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939)

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Edith S. Hibbs interview with Alex Huggins

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346956]
Identifier: MSS 2914
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Huggins was interviewed by Edith S. Hibbs in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. Huggins claims that the stories of slave whippings are all "bunk," and says that his master treated him well. He tells of how he and his friends went out looking for adventure, so they ran off to sea. He tells of his service in the Union Navy and about his life at the time of the interview.

Dates: 1937

Mary A. Hicks interview with Baker Blount

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345867]
Identifier: MSS 2880
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Blount was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Blount tells about prayer meetings and "corn shuckin's." He describes an unfriendly encounter with Union Soldiers. He stayed with his master until his master's death.

Dates: 1937

Mary A. Hicks interview with Bill Crump

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346576]
Identifier: MSS 2928
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Crump was interviewed by Hicks, Mary A. in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Crump talked about the plantation where he was a slave. He said that he served time in prison for killing a man.

Dates: 1937

Mary A. Hicks interview with Charlie Barbour

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346394]
Identifier: MSS 2888
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Barbour was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Barbour talks about slave dances, "corn shuckin's," and not being able to swim. He remembers the Yankees entering and ransacking the plantation. He was happy to be free and escape the fear of being sold. He said he did well after emancipation. "I'se...
Dates: 1937

Mary A. Hicks interview with Eustace Hodges

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346964]
Identifier: MSS 2913
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Hodges was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. Hodges gives a brief account of life on a plantation as a slave. She says that she was once whipped for hurting a frog.

Dates: 1937

Mary A. Hicks interview with Henry Bobbitt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346147]
Identifier: MSS 2896
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Bobbitt was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Bobbitt tells about working and living conditions on the plantation. The slaves were not allowed to read and write or attend church. He talks about the slave trade and marriages. He thinks Lincoln was cruel for emancipating salves and not giving them a...
Dates: 1937

Mary A. Hicks interview with Herndon Bogan

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346170]
Identifier: MSS 2897
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Bogan was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. The interview took place in the North Carolina state prison, where Bogan was incarcerated for manslaughter. He tells about his father going to war to fight with his master for the Confederacy. The wife of the slave owner was a Yankee sympathizer. Bogan...
Dates: 1937

Mary A. Hicks interview with Jerry Davis

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346543]
Identifier: MSS 2931
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Davis was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Davis talks about life on the plantation.

Dates: 1937

Mary A. Hicks interview with John Beckwith

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346287]
Identifier: MSS 2891
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Beckwith was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Beckwith describes conditions under slavery as "happy days" and says that the slaves cursed Abraham Lincoln for emancipation. He relates how the Yankees ransacked the plantation when they arrived. He and his family remained on the plantation long after...
Dates: 1937

Mary A. Hicks interview with John Coggin

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346824]
Identifier: MSS 2923
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Coggin was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Coggin said he was given enough food and clothing on the plantation, but he never had shoes. He stated that his master came to visit his former slaves on the day he died.

Dates: 1937