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...
Description:
The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994., Curtwright, Wesley., Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974., Ellison, Ralph., Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979., Handy, W. C. 1873-1958. (William Christopher),, 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., and United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors, African Americans, Social life and customs, Antislavery movements, Authors, American, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
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...
Description:
The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994., Curtwright, Wesley., Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974., Ellison, Ralph., Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979., Handy, W. C. 1873-1958. (William Christopher),, 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., and United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors, African Americans, Social life and customs, Antislavery movements, Authors, American, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
Collection consists of correspondence (boxes 1-3), photographs, and printed and other materials relating to Irene and William ("Billy") R. Rose. Correspondents include African-American artists and cultural figures such as Beauford Delaney, Elton C. Fa...
Description:
Chiefly in English; some material in French.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and United States
Subject (Name):
Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984., Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979., Fax, Elton C., Olson, Eleanor., O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992., Pearson, Vereda., Irene Rose., Rose, W. R., Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946., and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Civil rights, Social conditions, and Civil rights movements