American guide series: Releases from out of state, pt. 2
Scope and Contents
1. For Release to Newspapers, October 31, 1938. WPA to Publish Book on New England Hurricane (2 pages).
2. Briefs (Use at any time), American Guide Project of Works Progress Adm., Washington, D.C., no date given. Irish Eyes (2 pages).
3. Briefs (Use at any time), American Guide Project of Works Progress Adm., Washington, D.C., no date given. Hell's Half Acre (2 pages).
4. Briefs (Use at any time), American Guide Project of Works Progress Adm., Washington, D.C., no date given. Sold Up the River (3 pages).
5. Briefs (Use at any time), American Guide Project of Works Progress Adm., Washington, D.C., no date given. Braddock Rock (2 pages).
6. Briefs (Use at any time), American Guide Project of Works Progress Adm., Washington, D.C., no date given. The Black Hand of Augusta (2 pages).
7. Briefs (Use at any time), American Guide Project of Works Progress Adm., Washington, D.C., no date given. The Widow's Mite (2 pages).
8. Briefs (Use at any time), American Guide Project of Works Progress Adm., Washington, D.C., no date given. Silver Moonlight (2 pages).
9. Briefs (Use at any time), American Guide Project of Works Progress Adm., Washington, D.C., no date given. Drought of 1800 (2 pages).
10. Briefs (Second Series), American Guide Project of Works Progress Administration, Washington, D.C., no date given. Why Lincoln Grew a Beard (2 pages).
11. Briefs (Second Series), American Guide Project of Works Progress Administration, Washington, D.C., no date given. White Spirituals (2 pages).
12. Briefs (Second Series), American Guide Project of Works Progress Administration, Washington, D.C., no date given. Minnehaha (2 pages).
13. Briefs (Second Series), American Guide Project of Works Progress Administration, Washington, D.C., no date given. The City That Never Was (2 pages).
14. Briefs (Second Series), American Guide Project of Works Progress Administration, Washington, D.C., no date given. Water (2 pages).
15. Briefs (Second Series), American Guide Project of Works Progress Administration, Washington, D.C., no date given. The Iron Man (2 pages).
16. Briefs (Second Series), American Guide Project of Works Progress Administration, Washington, D.C., no date given. Cloth of Human Hair (2 pages).
17. Briefs (Second Series), American Guide Project of Works Progress Administration, Washington, D.C., no date given. Stolen - One Washington Monument (6 pages).
18. For Release in Morning Papers, February 12, 1936. WPA Writers' Projects Locates Long-lost Lincoln Manuscript (5 pages).
19. Route One by Edmond S. Meany, Jr. Washington, D.C. Post, April 8, 1938 (1 page).
20. Books and Things by Lewis Gannett. Herald Tribune, New York City, New York, page 11, March 5, 1938 (2 pages).
21. For Release in Newspapers, May 31, 1936. Patriotic Societies at July Memorial Service to Recognize Samuel Wilson of Troy, N.Y., as the Original Uncle Sam (6 pages).
22. Magazine clipping: Mirror to America. Time (Magazine), New York City, New York, January 3, 1938, p. 55.
23. For Immediate Release, no date given. Iowa - a Guide to the Hawkeye State (1 page, 2 copies).
24. Pamphlet: Ohio Guide Program and Historical Records Survey, 1937.
25. Pamphlet: Today in Southeastern Ohio - a Brief Survey of Work Programs and Cultural Activities.
26. For Immediate Release, WPA Writers' Project, Portland, Oregon. Students and faculty of New Jersey State Teachers College on a study tour of the United States using the American Guide Series (1 page).
27. For Release to Afternoon Newspapers, August 13, 1938. American Guide Series Popular as Travel Tour Books (2 pages).
28. Clipping: A Vigorous Anthology of Mixed Americana - the Federal Writers' Project in Prose, Poetry and Art. Books, New York herald Tribune, September 5, 1937 (4 copies).
29. Clippings: Books and Things by Lewis Gannett, New York Herald Tribune; Cape Cod Pilot by Jeremiah Digges, Boston Transcript; The First Reader by Harry Hansen, New York World-Telegram.
30. Among the New Books, Christian Science Monitor, September 29, 1937. Federal Writers Off Duty, American Stuff (1 page).
31. The Vermont Guide - as the Reviewers See It (excerpts). Federal Writers' Project WPA, Montpelier, Vermont, October 22, 1937 (6 pages).
32. From Press Bureau, American Hotel Association, no date given. A.H.A. Plans Cooperation in Work on 'American Guide' - President Geen Appoints Contact Members as Addition to Travel Committee - Believes Plan Will Stimulate Travel in America (4 pages).
33. Send to Portland Papers, Works Progress Administration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Guide (1 page).
34. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Department, Boston. Massachusetts - a Guide to Its Places and People (1 page).
35. For Release, April 27, 1941. WPA American Guide Series, Virtually Completed, Make Valuable Handbooks for Summer Tourists; Excerpts of Reviews and Literary Criticisms of the American Guide Series of the WPA Writers' Program (6 pages, 2 copies).
36. Federal Writers' Project, Washington, D.C. Writers' Projects of the Works Progress Administration (3 pages, 2 copies).
37. Massachusetts - a Guide to Its Places and People. Sentinel (Ansonia, Conn.), September 4. 1937 (1 page).
38. Bookshelf by Gladys D. Chapman, Massachusetts - a Guide to Its Places and People. Portland News (Portland, Maine), August 25, 1937 (2 pages, 3 copies).
39. New Introduction to Vermont, Vermont - a Guide to the Green Mountain State. Worcester Telegram (Mass.), October 3, 1937.
40. WPA's Bay State Guide. Editorial, Boston Herald, August 19, 1937 (1 page, 2 copies).
41. Newspaper Reviews of Rhode Island - a Guide to the Smallest State. WPA's RI Guide Book Filled to Overflowing, Star Tribune (Providence, Rhode Island), November 10, 1937 (2 pages); New R.I. Guide Proves Dignified and Generous, the Evening Bulletin (Providence, Rhode Island), November 10, 1937 (3 pages); Rhode Island Guide Contains Newport Data, Newport Daily News, November 12, 1937 (1 page); Books in Search of Readers, The Italian Echo (L'Eco del Rhode Island), November 26, 1937 (1 page); Guide to Rhode Island Newly Completed by WPA, On Sale, The Westerly Sun, December 2, 1937 and Bristol Prominent in New R.I. Guide, Bristol Phoenix, December 3, 1937 (1 page).
Dates
- Creation: 1935-1943
Full Extent
1 Folder
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the State Library of Oregon Special Collections Repository