American guide series: Releases from out of state, pt. 3

1. The First Reader by Harry Hansen - Attempts to Suppress It Give WPA Bay State Guide Flying Start It Deserves. New York World Telegram, August 21, 1937 (2 pages, 2 copies).

2. Flyer: What They Say About 'Washington - City and Capital'.

3. Order form for Washington, City and Capital, 1937.

4. Bulletin, August 3, 1937. Inclosed you will find a complimentary copy of The National Capitol, a separetly-bound chapter from the new guide book, Washington - City and Capital (1 page, 3 copies).

5. For Immediate Release, American Stuff. Department of Information, WPA Federal Writers' Project, New York, N.Y., August 13, 1937 (2 pages).

6. Booklet: 'Howdy Buddy' - Welcome to New York (2 copies). Accompanied by letter from Low Levenson, Director, Department of Information, Federal Writers Project, New York City, October 4, 1937.

7. What They Say About Intracoastal Waterway compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (1 page). The attached bulletin was mailed to local travel agencies, December 10, 1937.

8. Leaflet: 1938 Almanac for New Yorkers, a WPA Federal Writers' Project Book. Accompanied by list of places it was mailed.

9. Letter to Editor from R.G. Dieck, Director of Projects and Planning, Works Progress Administration, Portland, Oregon, October 28, 1935 (1 page); Mailing list for news stories on Writers' Project, October 28, 1935 (3 pages); Federal Writers' Projects, Washington, D.C., no title, first sentence: The activities of the Writers' Division, professional and service projects section of the Works Progress Administration, will be headed in Oregon by Alfred Powers (3 pages) (3 copies).

10. WPA Writers' Project, Portland, Oregon, January 9, [no year given], no title. First sentence: Since November the Oregon unit of the Federal writers' project has been engaged in collecting material for the national volumes on folklore as outlined by the project national office and planned for spring release (2 pages).

11. For Immediate Release, from Department of Information, Federal Writers' Project WPA, Portland, Oregon. First sentence: A catalog describing more than 150 titles in the American Guide Series will be issued this month by the Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration, Washington, D.C. (1 page).

12. To be released in newspapers, May 10, 1936. Approximately 10,000 Persons Have Volunteered to Assist in Compilation of the Works Progress Administration's American Guide (10 pages).

13. Federal Writers' Project, Portland, Oregon, February 8, [no year given]. About the cost of the American Guide Series (1 page).

14. Federal Writers' Project, Portland, Oregon, February 13, [no year given]. About an Oregon guide book (1 page).