Record #:

16237

Author(s):

Hill, Michael

Abstract:

Unemployed writers during the Great Depression found work through the Federal Writers' Project, a New Deal program to provide financial assistants to out of work professionals. The premier publication which emerged from this program was the state guidebook. Each state published a guidebook which consisted of a general opening statement followed by a collection of significant cultural and historical landmarks.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 39 Issue 5, Sept 1991, p153-161, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

New Deal, 1933-1939--North Carolina--History; Federal Writers' Project--1930-1950