Creator: Work Projects Administration (RG 60).

Collection Summary: Reporting forms sent in by field workers on the Writer’s Project to the central office in Jackson. Forms include spaces for the worker’s name, district assigned, topics the worker is currently researching and reasons for any delays in turning in completed survey forms on those topics. Files are arranged alphabetically by worker’s last name.

Access Restrictions: None.

Date(s): 1936-1941.

Volume: 3.50 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in August 2024.

Related Materials: TBD

Record Group History: The Works Projects Administration (WPA) was a federal program established on May 6th, 1935, in order to increase employment during the Great Depression. While the WPA was a federal program, it was implemented and managed on the state level with each state having their own director and office to guide the operation of the WPA for each state. The WPA was primarily focused on employing individuals for the purpose of creating public works and infrastructure, but a small portion of its funding was devoted to cultural and artistic endeavors which the files in this collection are primarily concerned with. Two of the major cultural projects the WPA undertook were the Federal Writers’ Project and the Historical Records Survey. The Federal Writers Project employed writers to create guides, histories, and chronicles for each state and the Historical Records Survey sought to catalogue the historical records of each state.

Collection Inventory:
Box Content 

Box Number

Abston – Brighs 

10463

Bruce – English

10464

Ferguson – Hickman 

10465

Holmes – McAlpine 

10466

McCants – Redditt 

10467

Redus – Thompson 

10468

Thompson – Yarbrough 

10469