Federal Writers' Project

American Life Histories collected by WPA writers, 1936–1940. Mirrored from the Library of Congress and made fully searchable with OCR-tolerant fuzzy matching and AI explain.

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[Italian Shoe Machine Worker, Beverly #8]: a machine readable transcription.

United States, Italy, Massachusetts, Beverly · 1939-04-21 · 6 pages
Recorded by: Damiani, Roland, Lovett, Merton R.

ORIGINAL MSS. OR FIELD NOTES (Cheek one) PUB. Living Lore in New England TITLE Italian Shoo Machine WorkertBeverly 0 WRITER Morton N. Lovett DATE 4/209 IDS. PP. 4 CHECKER DATE SOURCES GUEN_(?) Interview COMMENTS L, Paper No. 8 Interview with Roland Damiani by Merton R. Lovett "As well as remembered." INTERVIEW WITH ROLAND DAMIANI by Merton R. Lovett "Yes, my little girl likes ice cream. Her grandfather bought her the cone. It is almost as big as she is. "Come here, Theresa. Say 'hello' to…

[Italian Shoe Machine Worker, Beverly #9]: a machine readable transcription.

United States, Massachusetts, Beverly · 1939-04-09 · 5 pages
Recorded by: Dammiani, Roland, Lovett, Merton R.

ORIGINAL MSS, OR FIELD NOTES (Cheek one) PUB, Living Lore in New England TITLE_AlliajLiglonjorje WRITER Marton R. Lova++ DATE 4/09 WDS, PP. 3 CHECKER DATE SOURCES GIVEN Interview COMMENTS Paper No. 9 Interview with Roland Dammiani by, Merton R. Lovett "As well as remembered." Interview with Roland Dammiani by Merton R. Lovett (from memory) "Yes, Mr. Lovett, I think our Italian Alderman has made a good record. I think he is honest. He is also smart. "No, I have no political ambition. I am…

[Italian Shoe Machine Worker, Beverly #10]: a machine readable transcription.

United States, Massachusetts, Beverly · 1939-05-18 · 6 pages
Recorded by: Damiani, Roland, Lovett, Merton R.

ORIGINAL MSS. OR FIELD NOTES (Cheok one) PUB. Living Lore in New England TITLE Italian Shoe Machine Worker, Beverly 110 WRITER Merton R. Lovett DATE 6/18/39 WDE. CHECKER SOURCES-UVENJIYInterview COMMENTS PP. 4 DATE Paper No. 10 Interview with Roland Damiani by Merton R. Lovett AS well as remembered." Interview with Roland Damiani By Merton R. Lovett (from memory) *Yes, I was at the testimonial banquet. The Italians are all sorry to have Miss Driver retire. She has been Principal of the…

[Myron Buxton]

Worthington, United States, Massachusetts, Peru · 1939-07-25 · 6 pages
Recorded by: Dodge, George, Smith, Rosalie

ORIGINAL MSS. OR FIELD NOTES (CHECK ONE) Pug. WE WORK ON THE WPA TITLE MYRON BUXTON WRITER SEYMO1JR BUCK DATE jULY 25'1939 WDS CHECKER PP. 15 SOURCES GIVEN COMMENTS Berkshire _orner Geore )ode Yankee Qua tjo0 an L'461-- 61ATE uF fiORKrt ;..Atalh 193 1-tittb, 1,..iLaAohU6E11 a:JALUARY, 16, uIVIM LWiE uF L.J.Eta..1\d' G 6huE ,AYDGE AJOIAL6S1niLjiJ A6SACHUS,ITTS Lr. George .Joage, orthington carpenter, mason and dirt farmer is typical of the many old iankees who live in the bills of western…

[Marie Haggerty--Worcester #1]

United States, Massachusetts, Worcester · 1939-02-18 · 8 pages
Recorded by: Haggerty, Marie, Moore, Emily B.

ORIGINAL MSS. OR FIELD NOTES (Check one) PUB. Living Lore in New England (Massachusetts) TITLE Marie Haggerty Worcester MITER Emily B. Moore DATE 2/109 PP. 5 CHECKER DATE SOURCES GIVEN COMMENTS Interview s.../44—LZL DATE S17.BJECT (:)1,' I ..:27.51 oaf. "Ai 7-2 I:TERVTATW 20.assachusetts -iJrs. Emily Jioore 84 Elm Street, dorcester, ::_assachusetts January 31, 1939 Living Lore jrs. flarie Haggerty 63 Austin Street, 3orcester, Llassachusetts Lirs. Haggerty is 72 years old, a sweet refined…

[Marie Haggerty--Worcester #2]

Massachusetts, Worcester, United States · 1939-02-20 · 11 pages
Recorded by: Haggerty, Marie, Moore, Emily B.

>4 cv ORIGINAL MSS. OR FIELD NOTES (Cheek one) PUB. Living Lore in New England TITLE Mrs. Marie Baggerty WRITER Emily B. Moore DATE 2/30/39 WM. POP. CHECKER DATE SOURCES GIVEN _Interview COMMENTS 8 .1121/3, STATE Hass&chusetts 84± EL.L Street, Worcester, Las. DATE OF IIcTERVIE'W February 20, SU-IJECT Livint. Lore TE C. Ir IiTCPITLFT Mrs. Marie IT.E,L;Lerty Mrs. PJaily Moore 63 Austin Street, Worcester:, Mass. Name Emily B. Moore Title Livini, Lore Assignment Worcester Topic Mrs. Marie…

[Marie Haggerty--Worcester #3]

Massachusetts, Worcester, United States · 1939-05-20 · 4 pages
Recorded by: Haggerty, Marie, Moore, Emily B.

STATE NAME OF WORKER ADDRESS Mr.. Mario Ramerti Paver Three Massachusetts Mrs. Emily -B. Moore 84 Elm Street, Worcester Massachusetts DATE OF INTERVIEW May 20, 1939 SUBJECT Living Lore NAME OF INFORMANT Mrs. Marie Haggerty ADIEUS 63 Austin Street, Worcester, Massachusetts Lame: Mmile B. Moore Assignment: Worcester Title: Living Lore Topic: Mrs. Marie Haggerty Paper Three *Oh, I don't mind the snow, or the weather at all, for it's much better to get out and get away from the wrangling at my…

[Marie Haggerty--Worcester #4]

Worcester, United States, Massachusetts · 1939-06-15 · 8 pages
Recorded by: Haggerty, Marie, Moore, Emily B.

Mrs. Marie Hagerty Paper 4 STATE MASSACHUSETTS NA LE OF 6ORKER EMILY B. MOORE ADDRESS WORCESTER) MASSACHUSETTS SUBJECT LIVING LORE DATE OF INTERVIEW June 15, 1939 AL CF INFORLANT 1TRS. MARIE HAGGERTY ADDRESS WORCESTER) MASS. 7/1/3i -1. Name: zany B. Moore Assignments Werceatott Title: Living Lore Topic: Mrs. Marie BaggertY Pager 4, *I'm very glad you came today, for I haven't been out of the house since you came last time. What, with theweather so bad and me so scart of fallin', and John not…

[Marie Haggerty--Worcester #5]

Worcester, United States, Massachusetts · 1939-06-20 · 9 pages
Recorded by: Hagerty, Marie, Moore, Emily B.

Mrs. Marie Haggerty Paper 5 Jut 6, j9ae STATE MASSACHUSETTS NADI OF WORIM EMILY B. MOORE ADDRESS 84 rT,TA STREET, WORCESTER, MASS. DATE OF TETILAVIEW JUNE 20, 1939 SUBJECT LIVING LOPE NLYIE OF INFORMANT MRS. MARIE HAGGERTY ADDRESS WORCESTE7., MASS. Names fails B. Moor. Assignments Worcester Titles 'living Lore Topics Mrs. marie Haggerty parer 5 "I guess I was bout 16 when I rent to Boston, but I can't remember how old I was when I left school. Maybe I was 12 or 13, for we never went beyond…

[Marie Haggerty--Worcester #6]

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States · 1939-06-26 · 7 pages
Recorded by: Haggerty, Marie, Moore, Emily B.

7/21/3 7 Mrs. Marie Haggerty paper 6 JUL 6 'hi 1939 STATE MASSACHUSETTS NAME OF WORKER EMILY B. MOORE ADDRESS 84 ELM STREET, WCRCESTER4, MASS. DATE OF INTERVIEW aunt 26, 1939, SUBJECT LIVING LORE NAME OF INFORMANT MRS. MARIE HAGGERTY ADDRESS WORCESTER, MASS. Mama: WIT B. Moore Asaignment: Worcester Title: Living Lore Topic: Mrs. Marie Hagerty •-JUL 1939 "I always like to come here, for it makes me think of the nice places I lived in when I was working for people. I like nice things, and I…

[Jean Solter]

Illinois, United States, Chicago · 1939-06-20 · 6 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Solter, Jean

Accession Tio,• \ti W 3622 Date received 10/10 /40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped front Wash, Office Label Amount bp WPA L. C. PROJECT ritero.' UNIT Form -4 olirl ore Collection (or Type) TitleAmerian 1jvoe,Pttgking.h.Qmit..itukark Place of origin Chicacq, Illinois Date..00 9 Project worker Betty Burke Project editor Remarks Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE NAME OF WORKER Betty Burke ADDRESS 1339 8. Troy DATE June 20, 1939 SUBJECT American Lives…

[Pack on my back]

Illinois, United States · 1937 · 12 pages
Recorded by: Polacheck, Hilda

Accession no. W. 3•686 WPA L. C. PROJECT Form -3 UNIT ilaikaarl..._Collection (or Type) Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Wash. Off Jai Label Amount up Title..21Lak_.an..v._ _bask Place of origin Datatt0-1,------ r C Project worker Hilda Po lao heak Project editor Remarks Pack on my Back. by Hilda Polacheck. Amwrican Folk Stuff Narrated by Mr. Hyman Bernstein, 5136 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 7114a F91-aohm*,_ American Polk Stuff. Pack on my Back. How did…

[Pack on my back]

Illinois, United States · 1937 · 10 pages
Recorded by: Polacheck, Hilda

Accession 410. 4 $1187 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from ash. Off's* Label Amount 9P et c.2440-1!, r et kely ,t4,i 4, r-4, WPA L. C. PROJECT UNIT Form -3 /0.1k1P.7:1.... Collection (or Type) Place of origin I111. Dats.andt, kr•Dec•) Project worker...Bil.44..._hallabifik Project editor RemarksA...dithinDit.511741911.../It...SOL...&647 -1 Pack on my Back. Hilda Polacheok. American Folk Stuff. 2 7 u."0 4A)--ertIo' How did I happen to become a peddler? When I came to Chicago…

[Dust]

Illinois, United States, Chicago · 1937 · 9 pages
Recorded by: Polacheck, Hilda, Saranoff, Jacob

Accession no. 1 d.)94 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Wash. Office Label Amount Bp WPA L. C. PROJECT UNIT Porm-3 E.Q1klArfL_Collection (or Type) Title:Wet Jacob Sereseort worked ilIALractihcp neer timilAftsegt Place of origin Cilittfkg.Q tnoi, Date JA4.7,1PL.._._ (7.D.C•) Project worker Hilda Pala° het* Project editor Remarks -1 DUST. Hilda Polacheek. American Folk Stuff. 0 7/7 7 Jacob Saranoff worked in a rag -shop near Hull -House. He had come to Chicago from Russia in…

[I Sell Fish]

United States, Illinois, Chicago · 1939-06-22 · 6 pages
Recorded by: F., Louis, Polacheck, Hilda

Accession no. yt :z;c:50 WPA L. C. PROJECT Form -3 tirfLtertit UNIT Frdlkloo Collection (or Type) Date received 10/1UAU Consignment no. Shipped from Label Amount Title_tarri,alc seJ-1 Place gf origin IllinOiS Date 6/20i Project worker Hilda Polacheak Project editor Remarks STATE NAME OF ViORKER ADDRESS DATE SUBJECT NAME OF INFORMANT FORM B Personal History of Informant Hilda Polaoheok 1410 East 57th Street June 22, 1939 American Lives "I Sell Fish." Louis F 1. Ancestry Polish -Jewish. 2.…

[Little Grandmother]

United States, Chicago, Illinois · 1939-01-26 · 7 pages
Recorded by: Breshkovsky, Katherina, Polacheck, Hilda

Accession no. W 3716 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from lash. Office Label Amount ep WPA L. C. PROJECT Writtre I UNIT Form -11 ...bakifkr.t...Collection (or Type) PlaceoforigughP*LP.a. Illinois Datej126/59 Project worker 41141k...P.9.244114.19k......_ Project editor Remarks Hilda Polacheck, American Folk Stuff. January, 26, 1939. Little Grandmother. She was called Little Grandmother, but she was tall and broad. She had big bones whibh made her body large. Her name was…

[Great Lakes Folklore]

United States, Illinois, Chicago · 1939-04-05 · 9 pages
Recorded by: Power, Jerome W., Premo, S. J.

WPA L. C. PROJECT Watt:Ts' UNIT i Accession no. 1% 3658 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. Shipped from Wash. °Moe Label Amount Sp Form -3 Iskiklore Collection (or Type) Title Great lakes folklore Place of originC hioago Illinois Date I/00 Project worker JO r Ore We Power Project editor Remarks Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview CHICAGO FOLKS:Lune FORMA Circumstances of Interview e.\ STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Jerome W. Power. ADDRESS 708 lest 76th Street DATE April 5, 1939…

[Great Lakes Sailors]

United States, Chicago, Illinois · 1939-04-25 · 6 pages
Recorded by: Power, Jerome W., Smith, Fred

Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview CilIGAGO FOLKSTUFF FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Jerome Power ADDRESS 70 8 West 76th Street DATE April 25, 1939 SUBJECT Folklore ,ireat Lakes Sailors 1. Date and time of interview 01 April 25, 1939 4:00 P. M. FOLKLORE CHICAGO No. Words 2. Place of interview home of Fred Smiths who, when in port, lives with his sister at 8602 Muskegon Avenue, South Chicago. 3. Name and address of informant. Fred Smith, 8 602 Muskegon…

[The Boston Strong Boy]

Illinois, United States · 1937 · 8 pages
Recorded by: Power, Jerome W.

Accession no. 1 WPA L. C. PROJECT litritaraYUNIT Form -3 111. 3679 Date received 3.0/1(J/40 Consignment no. Shipped from Wash. ‘qfice Label Amount 7p ii:Caklara..._Collection (or Type) Title..i/P41.01._ OATS° te re I _toy Place of origin The g44#;c44 ittmmt Date..44111/48 (r .D.0 Project worker Jorosto 1. Power Project editor Remarks 11W3C 2,100 words by Zirome W. Power, Federal Writers Project The Boston Strong Boy "Shake the hand that shook the hand of John L. Sullivan!" I offer my nand…

[Jazz Music (Chicago)]

United States, Illinois, Chicago · 1939-05-10 · 11 pages
Recorded by: Barns, George, Ross, Sam

Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview CHICAGO FOLKSTUFF FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Sam Ross ADDRESS 713 Rush Street DATE May 10, 1939 SUBJECT Jazz music (Chicago) 1. Date and time of interview Ii CHICAGO No. Words May 3rd, 1.00 A. M. May 4th .afternoon 2. Place of interview 3 Deuces and California Hotel (Washington Mozart) 3. Name and address of informant George Barnes, California Hotel 4. Name and address of person, if any,, who put you in touch with…