- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Federal Writers Project
- Date of Original:
- 1936
- Subject:
- Federal Writers' Project
African American women--Georgia
Women--Georgia
Desks--Georgia
Pens--Georgia
Inkwells--Georgia
Loose-leaf paper--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- An African American woman, working for the Federal Writers Project (FWP), in 1936. The FWP was a component of the Works Progress Administration, and the project employed out-of-work writers, artists, local historians, genealogists, folklorists, and librarians as researchers and writers. A major effort of the FWP was the creation of state guidebooks.
Photograph of an African American woman working for the Federal Writers Project (FWP) in 1936. She sits at a desk with her pen poised over a sheet of paper. An inkwell sits before her.
The FWP was a component of the Works Progress Administration, and the project employed out-of-work writers, artists, local historians, genealogists, folklorists, and librarians as researchers and writers. A major effort of the FWP was the creation of state guidebooks. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/great-depression/m-3398/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/great-depression
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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