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• Author/Creator:Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.)
  
• Title:Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers, 1927-1940.
  
• Physical Description:0.63 linear feet (2 boxes)
  
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  • Location:BEINECKE (Non-Circulating)
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  • Call Number: JWJ MSS 40
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

   
• Notes:In English.
  Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008.
  
• Organization:Arranged alphabetically.
  
• Biographical / Historical note:The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
  
• Summary:Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Cite as:Federal Writers' Project Negro Group Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  
• Subjects:Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994.
  Curtwright, Wesley.
  Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
  Ellison, Ralph.
  Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979.
  Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958.
  Hill, Abram, 1910-1986.
  Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938.
  McKay, Claude, 1890-1948.
  Moon, Henry Lee, 1901-1985.
  Poston, Ted, 1906-1974.
  Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
  United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
  African American artists.
  African American authors--20th century.
  African Americans--Social life and customs.
  Antislavery movements--United States.
  Authors, American--20th century.
  Harlem Renaissance.
  Underground Railroad.