American guide series: Releases from out of state, pt. 1

1. Immediate release from Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, January 27, 1938, about the Maine Guide (1 page, 2 copies).

2. For Immediate Release from the Federal Writers' Project, Chicago: World War Tank in Peoria; Great Towers for Early Arc Lamps; Early Settlers Fight Prairie Bandits; 'Century Men' of Bicycle Days; Some Illinois Wages in 1851; A 'Brave' Beauty Contest Judge; Women Bicycle Racers; Generosity of Pierre Menard Recalled; A City in Three Counties; Illinois Library Traces History to 1836; Finished Goods for Raw Materials; Pelts for Payments; Promoting the Frog; Wild Pigeons Extinct; Gives Mansion to the Public; Sky Bound Roads; Another Famous Moss Covered Bucket; Fortunes from Clam Shells; Wooden Shoes in Illinois; A Town that Became a Village; Cavern Explorers Find Mystery Boat; Village Grows from Oats; An Edison in Illinois (11 pages).

3. Summary of new tourist guide 'U.S. One: Maine to Florida' of the American Guide Series (2 pages, 3 copies).

4. WPA Writers' Guidebook to California Published, June 5, 1939 (2 pages, 2 copies).

5. Immediate Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle Washington, January 6, 1938. Regarding public libraries in Washington receiving copies of the Historical Records Survey's Index to the Public Records of Pend Oreille County, the first of 39 volumes covering every county in the state (1 page).

6. Immediate Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, January 5, 1938. Regarding the publication of the Washington State volume in the American Guide Series (1 page).

7. State-Wide Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, December 10, 1937. Regarding the publication 'Rhode Island, a Guide to the Smallest State' (1 page). Accompanied by a blurb from Rhode Island Secretary of State (1 page).

8. Immediate Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, November 26, 1937. Regarding work done by WPA on Bremerton city ordinances (1 page, 2 copies).

9. Immediate Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, November 13, 1937. Regarding reviews of the American Guide Series (1 page, 2 copies).

10. Immediate Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, October 28, 1937. Regarding cooperative project of the WPA and University of Washington, University Library translating English versions of Washington history accounts as well as the classification and filing of hundreds of Washington history documents donated to the Library (1 page, 2 copies).

11. Information Service, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, October 22, 1937. Regarding publication 'Vermont: a Guide to the Green Mountain State' (1 page, 2 copies).

12. Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, October 22, 1937. Regarding WPA work in the archives of the old Pierce County Courthouse (1 page).

13. Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, July 9, 1937. Regarding Idaho Guidebook (1 page).

14. Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, June 25, 1937. Regarding publication Dutchess County Guide, New York (1 page).

15. Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, June 18, 1937, Writers' Project Discloses Orgination of Scotch Heather in Northwest (1 page).

16. Release for publication on receipt, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, June 11, 1937. Regarding publication 'Who's Who in the Zoo' (1 page).

17. Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, June 4, 1937. Regarding construction of the Univesity of Washington Arborotum by the WPA (1 page).

18. Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, May 28, 1937. Regarding folk lore in the American Guide Series (1 page).

19. Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, May 14, 1937. Regarding WPA Division of Recreation and Education hiring a bee expert that toured giving lectures on bees (1 page).

20. Immediate Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, May 3, 1937. Regarding a sub-project of the American Guide Series to write local guides for Tacoma, Spokane, and Pasco (1 page).

21. Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, April 21, 1937. Regarding Historic Records Survey field workers (1 page).

22. Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, April 13, 1937. Regarding work of Historic Records Survey (1 page).

23. Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, April 13, 1937. Regarding first publication of Historic Records Survey in the Northwest Historical Quarterly (1 page).

24. Release, Works Progress Administration, Seattle, Washington, November 10, 1936. Regarding work of the Historic Records Survey staff in Washington state (1 page).

25. Marked up draft of a press release regarding a literary anthology written in off-time by WPA staff (2 pages).

26. Outline and Program of the Book Foreign Language Press of New York accompanied by correspondence from Harold Strauss, Acting Director, Federal Writers' Project in New York City to All State Directors of Federal Writers' Project, October 31, 1938 (10 pages).

27. Immediate Release, Department of Information, Federal Writers' Project, New York City, January 25, 1938. Regarding publication of guest issue for literary publication 'Direction' called 'American Stuff' by Federal Writers' Project staff in offtime (2 pages, 2 copies).

28. Release Free to All Kansas Newspapers, Know Your Kansas, Oddities from Kansas American Guide (1 page, 19 copies that vary slightly with different cities highlighted).

29. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Granite Shaft Marks Site of Fort Edwards; Records of Plant Life in Shale Rock (1 page).

30. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. 'Bloomers' in Illinois; Water Fowl Find Refuge in Mason County; Pioneers Pooled Resources (2 pages).

31. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Unknown Soldier Finds Hospitality; Joliet Develops Its Arboretum (1 page).

32. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Vanished Industries of Illinois (3 pages).

33. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. "Ring Ridin'" with Galloping Horses; Roses by the Million (1 page).

34. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. River Traffic Increases Rapidly; Early Settlers Avoided Prairies; 'Towns' are Usually Villages in Illinois (1 page).

35. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Historic Hotels in Illionois (1 page).

36. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Illinois Towns That Moved (1 page).

37. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Early Cow Brokerages; An Illinois Child Wonder (1 page).

38. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. School Days of an Illinois Scholar; 'First Call for Dinner!' (1 page).

39. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Mule Races in Illinois; Distant Markets for Produce; Fifty Cents a Gallon (1 page).

40. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Three Unusual Celebrations Observed in Illinois (1 page).

41. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Dear Teacher (1 page).

42. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Illinois Nicknames; Salute to the Iron Horse (1 page).

43. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Mammoth Kettle Now a Monument (1 page).

44. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. The Story of 'Indian Elm' (1 page).

45. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. The First Civil War Monument; Famous, Unvarying Springs (1 page).

46. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Geysers in Illinois (1 page).

47. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Exciting Conflict of Opinion (2 pages).

48. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Some Museums in Illinois (1 page).

49. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Illinois Man Invented Gigantic Wheel (2 pages).

50. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. White Horses on Parade; French-Canadian Custom Observed; Unusual Source of Water Supply (1 page).

51. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Horses Were Horses in Those Days; Fought with Napoleon: Buried in Illinois (1 page).

52. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Claim to Ownership of Illinois; A Field Full of Watches (1 page).

53. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Illinois Grist Mills; Imported Ice for Illinois (1 page).

54. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. The Great Snow of 1831; Seven Bricks and a Pelican (1 page).

55. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Illinois Folk Celebrate; Beau Brummel Umpires (1 page).

56. Releases. Index of 89 articles released to the press January 1, 1938 in Illinois (4 pages).

57. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Serves Three States as U.S. Senators; On the Trail of Horse Thieves (1 page).

58. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Early Travel and the Wind; An Illinois Pig Tale (1 page).

59. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Cornmeal Cakes and Hungry Pioneers; Shooting on the Run (1 page).

60. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Illinois Pioneers Immortalized; Women Drivers in 1876 (1 page).

61. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. 'Apple Kingdom' Almost an Island (1 page).

62. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Belief in Witchcraft Recalled; Retain Traditions of the Square Dance (1 page).

63. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. An Early Illinois Snake Hunt (1 page).

64. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Famous Horse and Mule Market; Education of the March (1 page).

65. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. How Some Places in Illinois Got Their Names (1 page).

66. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Early Baseball in Illinois (2 pages).

67. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Island Changed River Channel; Ghost Town of Slackwater (1 page).

68. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Debt of Illinois to Nathaniel Pope (1 page).

69. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. An Early Chatter Column; Old Mills Now Landmarks; Valuable Mineral Resources (2 pages).

70. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Settlement of Henry County; Varied Crops of Marion County (1 page).

71. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Help Not Wanted; An Illinois Metropolis (1 page).

72. For Immediate Release, Federal Writers' Project, Chicago, Illinois, no date given. Along the Illinois Shore of the Mississippi (1 page).

73. For Release to Newspapers, February 23, 1939. Minnesota Guide Issued by WPA Writers (2 pages).

74. Uncle Sam's Guide by D.W. Brogan. Spectator (Magazine), London, England, August 5, 1938 (6 pages).