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Federal Writers' Project: Negro Studies Project, 1722-1939 (continued)
BOX A888 South Carolina
Biographical sketches
Contemporary culture
Croatians
General
Folklore
Historical material
Miscellany
Narrative stories
Slavery
BOX A889 Tennessee
Biographical sketches
Contemporary culture
Folklore
Historical material
Miscellany
Slavery
Texas
Biographical sketches
Contemporary culture
Folklore
Historical material
(2 folders)
Narrative stories
Slavery
General
"The History of a Texas Slave Plantation," 1922
Utah
Historical material
Miscellany
Slavery
BOX A890 Vermont, historical material, 1777-1870
Virginia
Biographical sketches
Contemporary culture
Historical material
Narrative stories
Slavery
Washington
Biographical sketches
Contemporary culture
Folklore
Historical material
Slavery
West Virginia, historical material
Wisconsin
Historical material
Slavery
Miscellany
BOX A891-A932 Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, 1530-circa 1945
Oral testimony of former slaves, appraisal or analysis sheets containing information regarding the interviews or narratives, legal documents, newspaper clippings, and court records.
Arranged alphabetically by state and thereunder by type of material with non-slave narratives at the end. A list of the narratives is included in the first container.
Volumes containing edited slave narratives appear in Containers A917-A932 which are also available on microfilm. Microfilm shelf no. 23,423
BOX A891 List of narratives held in the Library of Congress See also Containers D1-D55, Slave Narrative Indexing Project
State file, 1530-circa 1945
Alabama
Appraisal sheets, A-Y
(2 folders)
Descriptive list of materials
Slave and free Black documentation
Laws and ordinances, 1805-1856
Legal documents and court records, 1795-1866
Newspaper articles and advertisements, 1828-1871
BOX A892 Miscellany
Slave narratives
Abercrombie-Dirt
Early-King
Leslie-Strickland
Taylor-Young
Composite
BOX A893 Unused material
Non-slave narratives
Arkansas
Appraisal sheets
A-N
(4 folders)
BOX A894 O-Y
(2 folders)
Slave and free black documentation
Newspaper articles and advertisements, 1929-1934
Miscellany
Slave narratives
Abbott-Armstrong
Baccus-Bowdry
Boyd-Byrd
Cannon-Curry
BOX A895 Dandridge-Dunwoody
Elliott-Fritz
Gadson-Guidon
Hadley-Hill
Hines-Jackson
Jefson-Justice
Keaton-Luckett
BOX A896 McClendon-Myhand
Nabors-Prayer
Quinn-Rye
Samuels-Street
Tabon-Vaughn
Wadell-Wilks
Williams-Young
BOX A897 Unused material
Non-slave narratives
Aiken-Junell
Kemer-Young
District of Columbia, slave narratives, Mary Barnes and Lancy Harris
Florida
Appraisal sheets, B-W
Slave narratives
Anderson-Lycurgas
McCray-Wilson
Georgia
Appraisal sheets, B-W
Descriptive list of materials
BOX A898 Slave and free black documentation
Laws and ordinances, 1732-1862
Legal documents and court records, undated
Newspaper articles and advertisements, 1769-1903
Miscellany
Slave narratives
Adams-Griffin
Harmon-Jones
BOX A899 Kilpatrick-Stepney
Talley-Womble
Composite
Unused material
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