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.

2000 documents

[Jesse Perez]

Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1939-06-21 · 5 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Perez, Jesse

Accession no. W 5e29 Date received 1C/1G/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from teeth. Office Label Amount 4p WPA L. C. PROJECT Form -3 kl.Qr.9 Collection (or Type) Title Packinouse vvorker 4trito rf I UNIT Place of ori Chic ric J. Date...LAI-in__ Project worker Strti7 Burks Project editor Remarks FOLKLORE Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview CHICAGO STATE NAME OF WORKER ADDRESS DACE SUBJECT FORM A Ciroumstanoes of Interview Illinois Betty Burke 1339 S. Troy June 21, 1939 Packing House Worker…

[Mrs. Betty Piontkowsky]

United States, Illinois · 1939-04-05 · 6 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Piontkowsky, Betty

Accession no. .4 it 3617 WPA L. C. PROJECT *Titer,' UNIT Form --3 Folklor• Collection (or Type) Date received 100/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Wash. Office Label Amount bp Tlik_910_Ampszlonat Place of origin Chimago4 11341101S Date.4A5/39 Project worker Bitty Burke Project editor Remarks Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview CHICAGO FOLISTuiel. FORMA. Circumstances of Interview STATE Illinois NAME OP WORKER Betty Burke ADDRESS 1339 South Troy Street DATE April 5, 1939 SUBJECT Job…

[Lil Shaw]

United States, Illinois · 1939-05-12 · 5 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Shaw, Lil

Accession no. 5623 Date received 1(20/1C/4‘; Consignment no. Shipped from Waah. ()Moe Label Amount 4p WPA L. C. PROJECT itti.igre UNIT Form -3 kij.Lidalm.Collection (or Type) PRO114LbsSMIe Wprbrs Place of orighaliSKi..• Illinois Date t/12/52 Project workert.ty_..atirk* Project editor Remarks Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE NAME OF WORKER Betty Burke ADDRESS 1339 S. Troy DATE May 12, 1939 SUBJECT American Lives Packinghouse worker 1. Date and…

[Mary Siporin]

Illinois, United States, Chicago · 1939-04-19 · 7 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Siporin, Mary

Accession no. 4 1. 3615 WPA L. C. PROJECT Form -3 liritetzs' UNIT illiklarlt._Collection (or Type) Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Place of originehiCagC.e Ii.111201111 Date...4/1.9/4.9 hash. Office Label Amount ep Project worker BOtty ,butrk• Project editor Remarks Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview maw° FOLKSTUFF FORMA Circumstances of Interview STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Betty Burke ADDRESS 1339 South Troy Street DATE April 19, 1939 SUBJECT Stockyard…

[Julia Strikowski]

Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1939-06-16 · 5 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Strikowski, Julia

Accession no. I weis Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from lash. Off i00 Label Amount 4p WPA L. C. PROJECT Writers!. UNIT Form -3 .E.9.1k191..Collection (or Type) Place of origin.Ch ten!? e 1141110AI Date_ .64.649 Project worker Betty Burke Project editor Remarks tw, Forms to be Filled out for Each Interttew FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE NAME OF WORM Betty Burks ADDRESS 1339 S. Troy St. DATE June 1,, 1939 SUBJECT Packinghouse worker's job 1. Date and time of…

[Elmer Thomas]

Illinois, United States, Chicago · 1939-05-11 · 7 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Thomas, Elmer

Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview FOLKLORE CHICAGO STATE NAME OF WORKER Betty Burke ADDRESS 1339 S. Troy St. DATE May 11, 1939 SUBJECT American Laves Packinghouse worker on killing floor 1. Date and time of interview 2. Place of interview 3. Name and address of informant 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. None May 10, 6:30 p.m. 5413 Calumet Awe. Elmer Thomas 5413 Calumet 5. Name and address of person, if any,…

[Estelle Zabritz[ki]]

Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1939-05-04 · 6 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Zabritzki, Estelle

Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FOLKLORE CHICAGO FOLKSIutF FORMA. Circumstances of Interview STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Betty Burke ADDRESS 1339 South Troy Street DATE May 4 1939 SUBJECT Packinghouse worker 1. Date and time of interview May 1, May 3, evenings 2. Place of interview 3658 South Boyne Avenue 3. Name and address of informant Estelle Zabrittfici"- 3658 South Moyne Street 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. None •Ei.. Name and…

[Frank DeSoto]

Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1939-05-11 · 19 pages
Recorded by: Conroy, Jack, Desoto, Frank

pffS,vc,., 4o. r 0069 Date received nsignment no. Shipped from, OA -4 Amount 4.Vvej.14,141) rrui?4 ficAiqh 04r. Wr4 PROJECT L-241/24.17,4_ :UNIT Forn.1-3 Place of origin_ Project worker Project editor Remarks d214., W969 FQLKLORE FORM C Text of Interview (Unedited) CHICAGO STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Jack Conroy ADDRESS 3569 Cottage Grove Ave. DATE Misy 11, 1939 SUTJECT Industrial Folk Lore NAME OF INFORMANT Frank DeSoto DeSoto is a Spanish -Irish *boomer" sign painter who says he is a…

[Western stories tall and not so tall]

United States, Illinois · 1938-12-28 · 25 pages
Recorded by: Heiner, Frank

ccession nct. lk 3693 Date received 20/10/40 Consignment no. Shipped from Wash. Officsie Label Amount Up VVPA L. C. PROJRCT UNIT Form -3 Zolklure...Colleetion (or Type) Title Re et ern I t ;wits tall sod N9t 00 41 Place of origin Ill. Date..12./.2.08.... y Project worker Fre nk He ne r Project editor Remarks Dec. 28, 1938. Dear Mr. Frederick: I am sending in a contribution to the folk lore assignment as you requested in your recent communication. The stories I am giving here were told to me…

[The Dybbuk of Bunker Street]

United States, Illinois, Chicago · 1939-07-06 · 5 pages
Recorded by: Polacheck, Hilda

STATE NAME OF WORKER ADDRESS DATE SUBJECT NAME OF INFORMANT FORM C Text of Interview (Unedited) hilda Polacheck 141(j East b71.Th street. Jul.: 6, 19.R T.e Lybbuk of Bunker Street FOLKLORE CHICAGO Yes, I remember the stor:/ of the .Dybbuk of Bunker Street. It was back in 1902, when the story got around that a dybbuk was goinc from house to house, makinL oele sick. I was just eight years old then; my mother wanted to have a birti,dayeparty for me, but she didn't }eve enough m,ney, so she took…

[American lives]

Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1939-07-21 · 16 pages
Recorded by: Aaron, Abe

Accession no. W 3...)7 Date received 1d/1 /4u Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Uff ice Label Amount 15p V; r S UNIT WPA L. C. PROJECT Form -3 .11".0• r 3 Collection (or Type) TftleAmoriosn.lives OeGina: There's a gArl who livea over.,, Place of origin Chij., Illinois Date__7./2 )39 Project worker AbO Aaron Project editor Remarks Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE NAME OF NORKER ADDRESS DATE SUBJECT 1. Date and time of interview 2. Place of…

[History of career (import) of J. H. Kimbrough]

United States, Illinois, Chicago · 1939-05-20 · 10 pages
Recorded by: Aaron, Abe

Accession no. WPA L. C. PROJECT ittritax.e' UNIT Form -3 W 36P9 agilaQrs__collection (or Type) Date received Title Handbooks. LBeginj, Last nisIzti,s 10/1.0/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Sftsh. Ottioe Label Amount 9p Place of origin Chloaw,. Illinois 6ate 64(11.P)9 Project worker Abs Ursa Project editor Remarks Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview FOLKLORE CHICAGO STATE Illinois NAME OF 'WORKER Abe Aaron ADDRESS 5471 Ellis Ave., Chicago, Illinois…

[Used t' row down Bayou Bartholomew]

Illinois, United States, Chicago · 11 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, King, Leo

Accession no. WPA L. C. PROJECT UNIT Form —a W 3716 Date received 10/1C/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Wash.. Office Label Amount lop (or Type) Title filuat, talk flia*,-iza3j Mud _111....rsat _damn_ Place of origin.Chicit II) 1 n0.1.fi Project worker_ hi Project editor Remarks Page One (Ghost talk) Folk Stuff Betty Burke, Used t' row down Bayou Bartholomew 'long Free Nigger Bend. Only negro famlies farmin' the lane thereabouts, reason 'twuz so named. They wuz an 01' house 'bout ready t'…

[This ol' man wuz 96 year old]

Illinois, United States · 1937 · 9 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Monegain, Marion

Accession no. WPA L. C. ''ROJECT Form -3 Writer;' UNIT IV 3534 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped front I sash. Office Label Amount 8p 1.9.1k1ors Collection (or Type) 'ritlediga;111.31 Thi5. fat ibitIl111.11L .26_ ;pars. Place of origin Project worker betty Burke Project editor Remarks Ills Date "Mae (r.D.C.) S22A): o4 i0/0/ Page 1 AMERICAN FOLK STUFF ENIAth Burke This ol' man wuz 96 year olt en his name wuz Manish Jones en which his wife wuz named Bella. Well uh, he come…

[Big Tony]

Illinois, United States, Chicago · 1939-05-17 · 3 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty

Accession no. W 3332 k. 4 WPA L. C. PROJECT Form -3 .rr r britr' UNIT Folklore Collection (or Type) Date received Consignment no. 1 Shipped from *ash, Cdtioe Label Amount 2p Tide 4arican liTes. 21c_TPuy Place of originc h c 14,9_, I 11 in o Date 6/17139 Project worker.. Dirtty Burke Project editor Remarks BIG TONY Betty Burks May 17, 1939 ..........•••••••••••••=0•••••me•••••••••Maiii•w.. Big Tony works in Reliable's Pecking Co. It's one of theme two by four plants. There's just about thirty…

[Jim Cole, Negro Packinghouse Worker]

Hope Hull, Lowndesboro, United States, Illinois · 1939-05-18 · 2 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Cole, Jim

JUL Jim Cole, Negro Packinghouse worker Betty Burke May 18, 1939 I'm working in the Beef Kill section. Butcher on the chain.. Been in the place twenty years, I believe. You got to have a certain amount of skill to do the job I'm doing. Long ago, I wanted to join the AFL union, the Amalgamated Butchers and Meat Cutters, they called it and wouldlt take me. Wouldn't let me in the union. Never said it to my face, but reason of it was plain. Negro. Thstts it. Judt didn't want a Negro man to have…

[Gertrude D.]

Illinois, United States, Chicago · 1939-05-16 · 5 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, D., Gertrude

Accession no. W 3624 WPA L. C. PROJECT Writer,' UNIT Form -4 EglikiStrIt..Collection (or Type) Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Wash. Office Label Amount 4p Tftlafflerican lives Packinghouse worker Place of origin_ Chioncla Illinois Date 5/109 Project worker Bitty 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 S. Troy DATE May 16, 1939 SUBJECT American Lives…

[Margaret Hawley]

Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1934-06-19 · 5 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Hawley, Margaret

Accession no. W 3630 Date received ia/W4o Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Ugh. Office Label Amount 3p WPA L. C. PRO.IECT Wr ite.re. UNIT Form -4 ItilkifIrl.Colleetion (or Type) ntie...Feckinagvee worker., job Place of origin 01404E9a Illinois Datc6/11V34 Projel worker. Betty }Awls@ Project editor Remarks FOLKLORE Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview CHICAGO FORMA Circumstances of Interview STATE NAME OF WORKER Betty Burke AMMRESS 1339 S. Troy St. DATE June 19, 1939 SUBJECT Packinghouse…

[Mary Kruppiak]

Illinois, United States · 1939-04-05 · 5 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Kruppiak, Mary

4 Accession no. 111 ;5518 Date received 1C/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Sash. Oiiies Label Amount 4p WPAL.C.PAOTECT hrlImicCuism Form ---3 liaki&C...._Collection (or Type) Tftk e34erierice Place of origin CkCi( I111ZtS Date 4/00 Project worker_liatti____Iiment Project editor Remarks Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview CBICAGO FOLKSTUFF FORM A Circumstances of Intervis4\ STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Betty Burks ADDRESS 1539 South Troy Street DATE April 5, 1939 SUBJECT Work…

[Anna Novak]

Illinois, United States, Chicago · 1939-05-01 · 9 pages
Recorded by: Burke, Betty, Novak, Anna

FORM B Personal History of Informant CHICAGO FOLKSTUFF STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Betty Burke ADDRESS 1339 South Troy Street DATE May 1, 1939 SUBJECT Packing house worker NAME OF INFORMANT AMMA Novak 1. Ancestry Polish, American born 2. Place and date of birth lisoonsin about 30 years of age FOLKLORE CHICAGO 3. Family Married, husband and two children, boys, 10 and 13 years old. 4. Places lived in, with dates 5. Education, with dates Grew up in an orphanage in Wisconsin. Came to Chicago,…