Voices from the Thirties

Life Histories from the Federal Writers' Project

© 1980 Ann Banks

Photo: caption follows

Bridgeton, New Jersey. June 1942. Seabrook farm. Cannery workers. John Collier. Photograph, 1942. (LC-USF34-83260-C).

Introduction:
Who were the Federal Writers
and what did they do?


Excerpts from Sample Interviews


Acknowledgements



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