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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
Non-slave narratives
Indiana
Appraisal sheets, A-W
(2 folders)
BOX A900 Descriptive list of materials
Slave and free black documentation
Laws and ordinances, 1807, 1847
Legal documents and court records, 1805-1853
Newspaper articles and advertisements, 1833-1836, 1927-1934
Miscellany
Slave narratives
Ash-Wickliffe
Unused material
Non-slave narratives
Kansas
Slave and free black documentation, legal documents and court records, 1856-1857
Slave narratives, Holbert-Williams
Kentucky
Slave narratives
Bogie-Woods
Composite (by county)
Louisiana
Slave narratives, Charity White
Non-slave narratives, Lucas Braxton
Maryland
Appraisal sheets, B-W
Slave narratives, Baker-Wiggins
Non-slave narratives, Foote-Henderson
Minnesota, slave narratives, Dorsey-Thompson
Mississippi
Appraisal sheets, A-Y
Slave and free black documentation
Laws and ordinances, 1799-1816
BOX A901 Newspaper articles and advertisements, 1821-1857
Miscellany
Missouri
Appraisal sheets, A-Y
(2 folders)
Miscellany
Slave and free black documentation
Legal documents and court records, 1805-1863
Newspaper articles and advertisements, 1838
Miscellany
Slave narratives
Abernathy-Griffing
Hamilton-Rhodes
BOX A902 Sewell-Younger
Nebraska
Slave narratives
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