Portraits of African American ex-slaves

Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections
Title: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections
Other Title: Born in slavery, slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.
Related Names:
United States. Works Progress Administration.
Federal Writers' Project , funder/sponsor
Date Created/Published: 1937-ca. 1938, bulk 1937.
Summary: The bulk (193 photographs) are portraits of men and women from locations in Texas. People from Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island are also represented. Most show individuals standing or sitting outside; a few are posed with or next to personal possessions; several group portraits are included. Some photographs also depict houses in the background or foreground. Additional images depict objects relating to slavery in Alabama, these include, among others, a 'bell rack' restraint from the Federal Museum of Mobile and photographs of sales receipts issued to slave owners.
Notes:
Arrangement: Arranged in 9 sections by state: -1 Alabama, -2 Arkansas, -3 Indiana, -4 Missississippi, -5 North Carolina, -6 Ohio, -7 Texas, -8 Missouri, -9 Rhode Island.
Federal Writers' Project (FWP) interviews with former slaves began as early as 1936 with initial efforts concentrated primarily in Florida. In 1937 an official project was organized and placed under the direction of folklorist John A. Lomax who coordinated and expanded data collecting activities throughout the South. The program continued up through the Spring of 1939. Photographs of former slaves were often taken at the time of the interviews.
LOT title devised by Library staff.
Most of the photographs include typed or handwritten captions. Original caption forms on the verso of photographs from the Texas WPA include administrative information such as the district office number, the location of the office?, the date the photograph was taken, the official project number, and a descriptive caption.
Digitized images of all items in the collection and their associated identifying information are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.
Digitized images are also available through the Library of Congress Web site under the title: Born in slavery : slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938, produced in 2001 for the National Digital Library Program, American Memory collections. This site also features related manuscript materials.
Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1984 (DLC/PP-1984:361).
Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1997 (DLC/PP-1997:045).
Forms part of: Records of the U.S. Work Projects Administration.
Subjects:
African Americans--Women--1930-1940.
African Americans--Men--1930-1940.
African Americans--Dwellings--1930-1940.
African Americans--Texas--1930-1940.
Freedmen--United States--1930-1940.
Slavery--United States--1840-1870.
Older people--United States--1930-1940.
Gelatin silver prints--1930-1940.
Group portraits--1930-1940.
Portrait photographs--1930-1940.
Bookmark /2001696353/
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