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

["Here's a good one"]

New York, New York City, United States · 1938-12-05 · 8 pages
Recorded by: Hatch, Marion Charles, Ryan, Jack

Forms to be Filled out for Eacn Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE mor YORE NAME OF WORKER Marion Charles Hatch, ADDRESS 842 First Ave. DATE D.C. 8, 1988 SUBJECT ,HIRE#8 A, GOOD OBS* YARNS OF NEWYORK HACKIES. 1. Date and time o interview Saturday agOilnoon Dec. 3, 1938 FOLKLORE NEW YORK 2. Place of interview Rirint sal, Taxi Drivers Union of Greater Nem York, RiiiA100$, 1947 Broademy 3. Name and address of informant Jack Ryan, address above, organiser in :WO it taxicab…

[Hackies' Stories]

New York, New York City, United States · 1938-12-12 · 6 pages
Recorded by: Brand, Max, Gurewsky, Sidney, Hatch, Marion Charles

Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview tAh-P-4-4- 11171 FOLKLORE STATE NAME OF FORM A Circumstances of Interview New York woRKER Marion Charles Hatch ADDRESS 882 First AT!. DATE SUBJECT Dee. 12, 1838 HACKIES' STORIES (SECOND INSTALLMENT) 1. Date and time o interview Thursday evening, Deo. 8, 1938 2. Place of interview NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS UNION OF GREATER NEW YORK, UNION HIRING HALL 1847 DROADNAT 3. Name and address of informant These stories are by Max Brand, Ruby Mosoemits, Sidney…

[Hackies' Stories (Third Installment)]

New York, United States, New York City · 1938-12-13 · 6 pages
Recorded by: Brand, Max, Hatch, Marion Charles, Moscowits, Ruby

Forms to be Filled out for Eaco interview FORV Circumstances of Interview STATE NOW York NAME OF WOHFEft Marion Charles hatoh ADURESS 862 First Ave. Now York DATE Dec. 13, 1936 SUI5JECT HAACIBSt STAiIES, (MIK, INS ALLM3N1.) 1. Date and time c" interview Tuesday afternoon Deo. 13, 1938 Taxi Drivers Union of Greater New York Union Siring Hall, 1947 Broadway 2. Place of interview 3. Name and address of informant Stories by San Tafel, Ruby Moscowits, Max Brand, Jae* Ryan. 4. Name and address of…

[Sandhog Stories]

United States, New York, New York City · 1939-08-08 · 8 pages
Recorded by: Broadway, C., A. J., Hatch, Marion Charles

Forms to be Filled. out for Each Interview STATE NAi OF WORKER ADDRESS DATE SUBJECT FORM A Circumstances of Interview New York Marion Charles Batoh 862 First Avenue June 1204 1939 Sandhog Stories 1. Date and time of interview FOLKLORE NEW YORK During the week. 2. Place of interview Long Island City Hoghouse4 Queens Mid -town tunnel, Borden Am* and Front St. L. LC. 3. Name and address of informant Sandhogs who oontributed these stories are A.J.C., D.G.4 Jimmy Mee, J.L, J.J., kiLamitip Dais,…

[Mary Thomas]

New York, United States, New York City · 1938-10-25 · 7 pages
Recorded by: Hubert, Levi C., Thomas, Mrs. Mary

Forms to be Filled out for Eacn Interview FORM Circumstarces cf Interviw STATE roax NAME OF xtORKEA LEVI C. l!UBUrf ADDRESS 11191 West 119th Street* Manhattan DATE Oelieber Its* SUBJECT ARM TOMOCRE 410 WRY THOMAS 1. Date and time of inter7low Oetaber 24 and 216 1938 2. Place of interview 836 Lost 119th Street* top floor 3. Name and addresE of i:foricut Mrs. Mary Thomas* 323 iieet 319thStreet 4. Name and address of person, if any, w'Ao put yo ut in touch with informant. Mrs* collo* 4 ,Apet…

["Folklore of the South"]

New York, New York City, United States · 1938-10-18 · 4 pages
Recorded by: Hubert, Levi C., Madden, Joseph

STATE NAME OF WORKER ADDRESS DATE SUBJECT Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A 'Circumstances of interviow NOW YORK LEVI C. =BERT 58$ ilist 116th Street, /wt., 62 October 164, 1936 'FOLKLORE OF THE SOUTH" 1. Date and time of interview °strobe r 18. 10811 oil ;a 2. Place of interview 2 liet 112th Stow% Manhattan 3. Name and address of informant SSW Ali pies. of interview 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. Joseph Madden dame address 5. Name…

[Cult Lore]

New York, United States, New York City · 1938-11-12 · 7 pages
Recorded by: Hubert, Levi C., Littlejohn, Brother Allpeace

e Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstance:: of IrtervicA, STATE L.ew York NAME OF WORKER Levi C. Hubert ADDRESS 353 ,Jest 118th 3'. New York City DATE November 14, 1958 SUBJECT CULT LONE (2ATH-ER DIVINE) 1. Date and time of interew 2. Place of interview Saturday Nov. 12, 1936 2539 -8th Ave. Man. A Cafe operated for the Peace Movement 3. Name and addresc or iAformant Brother Allpeace Littlejohn, 2339 —8th Ave. FOLKLORE NEW YORK 4. Name and address of person. if any, UAO…

[Andrew Johnson]

New York, United States, New York City · 1938-11-20 · 10 pages
Recorded by: Hubert, Levi C., Johnson, Andrew

k?4.4_,C4 Forms to be /iMed out for Each Interview FOLKLORE NEW YORK STATE New York City NAME OF WORKER FORMA Circumstances of Interview Levi C. Hubert ADDRESS 353 West 118th St. Manhattan. DATE November 28, 1938 SMUT III DID M y BIT FOR DEMOCRACY, --ANDREW JOHNSON War experiences. 1. Date and time 07 interview Afternoon of November 20, 1938 2. Place of interview 465 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn 3. Name and address of informant Andrew Johnson 405 Carlton Ave. Brooklyn 4. Name and address or…

[Yankee Innkeeper]

United States, New Hampshire · 27 pages
Recorded by: Gould, Robert E.

ORIGINAL MSS. OR FIELD NOTES (Check one) PUB. Living Lore in New England (New Hampshire) TITLE Yankee Innkeeper Robert E. Gould WRITER DATE IDS. PP. 27 CHECKER DATE SOURCES GIVEN Interview COMMENTS Y.H. Federal Writers, Project -71- 4 1801 What of the hotels since the rise of the automobile to power? What of their competiti-n with this horde of low-priced substitutes engendered by the automobile? An item in the day's news hints at the story. It records the letting of a contract for…

[Tia Lupe]

United States, Cordova, New Mexico · 2 pages
Recorded by: Brown, L. A., Tia Lupe"

"TIA LUPE MAR 22 i937 4 Strolling aimlessly through the alaost deserted streets of thip little village of Scrdova,one afternoon,' stopped in the open doorway of "Tie Lkipe's" one room ad dbe home. there was a storm coming upsons of those sane times violent elootrioal mountain storms following on a spell of hot weather. I was shocked and surprised to see this pious old lady engaged in a sacrilegious act so contrary to my knowledge of her simple and sincere love and veneration for the saints.…

[Los Comanches]

United States, New Mexico, Cordova · 1937-04-06 · 8 pages
Recorded by: Brown, L. B., Romero, Vicente

Brown, L.B. April 6, 1937 4 "LOS COMANCHES" "Si Senor, if my daughter had not gut iodine in my eye in place of the medicine given me by the doctor I would be out with my sons helping them plow". These were the first remarks from Sr. Vicente Romero of Cordova after we had exchanged salutations and had commented on his good health. After a lapse of several years I had found my old friend partially blinded due to his daughter's unfortunate mistake. "And for the grace of God who has given me my…

[Bertha Gusdorf]

Taos, United States, New Mexico · 4 pages
Recorded by: Gusdorf, Bertha

FRAM I -LEA:MINT BE= 'T0 BANE PRESIDENT Mrs. Bertha Gusdorf of Taos Among the courageous women who accompanied their men to the Southwest in the '50's and later in the !O's were the wives, many of them young brides, 4 of German and Jewish merchants and clerks, to whom the country was especially fearfnit, on account of complete difference in language and customs. Among these pioneer women who came to New Mexico with the coming of the railroads, was Mrs. Bertha Gusdorf„ who came to Santa Fe and…

[Clara Coleman]

New Mexico, United States, Anthony · 7 pages
Recorded by: Carter, Marie, Coleman, Clara

Marie Carter Anthony, New 1.dexico La Union OLD TaERS STORIES Clara Coleman (Mrs. Pat Coleman) 370 words *Where," I asked Mrs. Coleman, "Did the Aefugio Grant Colony originate?" "In the pueblo, or Mission of La Union" she replied. "In 1852, Ramon Ortez, who was the curate and general Commissioner of El Paso Del Norte, now Juarez, -Mexico, was appointed by the high government -Assion La Union to found and establish Civil Colonies of one thousand people or more in the State of Chihuahua, now New…

[Nemecio Provincio]

New Mexico, United States, Anthony · 1937-05-09 · 8 pages
Recorded by: Carter, Marie

Igurie Carter Anthony, ew -exico 2,100 words OLD TIMERS STORIES Nemecio Provincio (Wife Anita Provincio Date of Interview: May 9, 1937 **-14-1HI The outstanding feature of the Provincio family is their innate refinement and courtesy,. When I called at their Spanish Mission ranch home, two miles northwest of Anthony, Mr. Provincio said: I have lived in New Mexico all my life. I was born in the town of Old Lesilla, October 31, 1872. My parents moved their family to Cham berino in 1882. But the…

[Humbolt Casad]

United States, Anthony, New Mexico · 12 pages
Recorded by: Casad, Humbolt

tD Marie Carter lifieWerk, ialthony, New Mexico 2600 words. Old Timers Dictionary in Detail. As I approached the Humboldt Oasad home, west of Oanutillo, I gave the evenly cultivated land an admiring glance, thinking: If I had a ranche I should want the land to look just like that. The Oasads were at home and greeted me, as is their custom, in a friendly dignified manner. When I told them my mission they both smiled, and promised to give me the information I sought. 00000000000000 "Just what do…

[Mrs. Caroline Geck Weir]

New Mexico, Anthony, United States · 11 pages
Recorded by: Weir, Caroline Geck, Mrs

Marie Carter, 2000 rords. Anthony, N. M. OLD TINOS STORIES. Mrs. Cgroline Geok Weir (Husband: W. 0, Weir) Interview: Mayn, 1937. 00000000 Mts. Caroline Geok Weir lives in the family home of the Gooks at old Dona Ana. "This house," she explained, Mates back to 1839 or to the firsteolonists. My father, Lewis William Geok, who was a private soldier, settled on this land after the Meiilla Civil Colony Grant was established. In that year, which was 1850, half of the ronulation of Dona Ana County…

[Noted Personalities]

Clayton, New Mexico, United States · 6 pages
Recorded by: Blakeley, Mrs. Mary E., Chapin, [Genevieve?], Leighton, Mr. E. L.

40nevieve Chapin About 1040 words. 3-'411440410 ONY:SOWILITIE3 DURO* TIME IF, 011VSLOPMXIT. liers,in the beginning of this article,we wish to pay tribute to those self-styled "common -place* lives which lie a the foundation of our national well-beingZot all of us rd celled upon to occupy p)soes in the limelight of stirring eventsan every epoch of our history there have been these quiet...sometimes seemingly monotonous lives whisk,neverOthe- less,furnished foundation timbers for the structures…

[Elisha Leslie]

United States, Carrizozo, New Mexico · 1938-10-14 · 5 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Edith L., Leslie, Elisha

Edith L. Crawford, Carrizozo, F. Vex. Date: October 14, 1938. Words: 1247 18 Topic:Pioneer Story Source of informaticn: Elisha Leslie. I was born February 14, 1873, in Dublin, Erath County, Texas, and came to New Mexico when I was ten years old. I have lived in Lincoln County about fifty-three years. My father, Robert Leslie, was born in Fulton County, Georgia, May 17, 1853. My mother, Elizabeth ,:iard, was born in Georgia, (I do not know the town or county) January 6, 1857. My parents were…

[Mrs. Anna Brazel]

Carrizozo, New Mexico, United States · 3 pages
Recorded by: Brazel, Mrs. Anna, Crawford, Edith L.

,:fricA4) Edttla L. Crawford Carrizozo, N. Mex. rIONEER STORY. By —Mrs. Anna Brazel. Words 8S1. I was twelve years old when we left Murfreeboro, Tennessee, anel seventeen when we arrived in New Mexico. We spent five years in the state of Texas, on our way to New Mexico, on account of my mothers health and the awful stor— ier we heard about the Indians and the terrible deeds they were committing out in this part of the country. I have lived in the state of New Mexico, forty seven years and most…

[Ben Stimmel]

United States, Carrizozo, New Mexico · 2 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Edith L., Stimmel, Ben

Edith L. Crawford, Carrieozo, N. Mex. Wards -496 PIONTER STORY I was born in Ohio, September 25, 1857. I left Ohio in 1877 and went to Kansa:. City Missouri. In 1881 a young fellow by the name of Wesley Lewis and I came by train to Las Vegas, New Mexico to work on the Santa Fe Railroad. On our way out to Las Vegas we heard of the rich gold strike at White Oaks, New Mexico and instead of going to work for the railroad we decided to go to the gold fields. Ns started out to walk to Mite Oaks and…