These records consist of the materials collected in the WPA Ƶ Writers Project and also includes manuscripts and the administrative records including correspondence. The Writers Project employed researchers, writers and administrators during the depression era with the purpose of publishing an Ƶ guidebook while providing employment for a number of people.
NOTE: When requesting material, please specify collection number, series number, box and file numbers.
Arrangement:
Series I – consists of administrative records including correspondence. It is contained in two boxes.
Series II – is contained in three boxes and consists of the materials collected in the research project and manuscripts.
Tracings: Agriculture, Artists and Writers, Babcock, Bernie, Business and Industry, Counties, Depression, Folklore, Geography, Historical Research, Horticulture, Tourism, Transportation ‑ Highways, Wildlife, WPA
Box 1
File 1 – Correspondences to and from Mrs. Bernie Babcock – Director of the WPA AR Writers Project, 1935
File 2 – Correspondences to and from Mrs. Bernie Babcock – Director of the WPA AR Writers Project, Jan.-Mar. 1936
File 3 – Correspondence to and from Mrs. Bernie Babcock – Director of the WPA AR Writers Project, Apr.-May 1936
File 4 – Correspondence to and from Mrs. Bernie Babcock – Director of the WPA AR Writers Project, Jun.-Dec. 1936
File 5 – Correspondence to and from Mrs. Bernie Babcock – Director of the WPA AR Writers Project, 1937
File 6 – Correspondence to and from Mrs. Bernie Babcock – Director of the WPA AR Writers Project, 1938
File 7 – Consultant’s Correspondence, Ƶ Guide, 1939
File 8 – Consultant’s Correspondence regarding the Ƶ Guide, Jan.-May 1940
File 9 – Consultant’s Correspondence regarding the Ƶ Guide, Jun.-Dec. 1940
File 10- Consultant’s Correspondence regarding the Ƶ Guide, Jan.-May 1940
File 11- Correspondence regarding photographs for the Ƶ Guide and those sent out of the state, 1936
File 12- Correspondence regarding photographs for the Ƶ Guide and those sent out of the state, 1938-1939
File 13- Correspondence regarding photographs for the Ƶ Guide and those sent out of the state, 1940
File 14- Correspondence regarding photographs for the Ƶ Guide and those sent out of the state, 1941
File 15- Correspondence for Hastings House Publishers, 1941
File 16- Miscellaneous correspondence, 1935-1938
File 17- Requisition for workers, 1936
File 18- Requisitions for additional workers, 1937
File 19- Requisition for workers and follow-ups, 1938
File 20- Requisition for workers, 1939
File 21- Carol Graham, field worker in El Dorado
File 22- Personal resumes
File 23- Purchase requisitions, 1935-Jun. 1936
File 24- Purchase requisitions, Jul.-Dec. 1936
File 25- Purchase requisitions, Jan.-Aug. 1937
File 26- Purchase requisitions, Sept.-Dec. 1937
File 27- Telephone requisitions and follow-ups, 1936-1937
File 28- Telephone requisitions and follow-ups, 1938
File 29- Telephone requisitions and follow-ups, 1939
File 30- Telegraph purchase requisitions, 1936
File 31- Telegraph purchase requisitions, 1937
File 32- Telegraph purchase requisitions, 1939
End of Box 1
Series I
Box 2
File 1 – Electric requisitions and follow-ups
File 2 – Water requisitions and follow-ups
File 3 – Gas requisitions and follow-ups
File 4 – Travel requisitions and follow-ups (1 of 2)
File 5 – Travel requisitions and follow-ups (2 of 2)
File 6 – Blueprint requisitions for supplies 1936-1938
File 7 – Ice requisitions
File 8 – Inventories: Sponsor’s Expenditures
File 9 – Inventory of manuscripts
File 10- Press release and a guidebook for publicity
File 11- Maps and correspondence, 1936-1940
File 12- Minnesota and Connecticut place names manuals
File 13- The American Guide Manual, Federal Writers Project, 1935
File 14- Supplements to the American Guide Manual and memorandum
File 15- Supplements to the American Guide Manual – Manual for Folklore
File 16- Pamphlets regarding research material on Nebraska Folklore
File 17- Pamphlets regarding research material on “Flora De Puerto Rico”
File 18- Pamphlets regarding research material on Montana and Arizona
File 19- Pamphlets and brochures regarding research material on Ƶ
File 20- “Pockets” a Federal Writers Project manuscript and Mrs. Bernie Babcock correspondence
File 21- Correspondences with Mrs. Bernie Babcock concerning “American Stuff” anthology
File 22- Bulletin regarding research material for the University of Ƶ
End of Box 2
End of Series I
Box 1
File 1 – Manuscript, Ƶ: A Guide to the State (1 of 4)
File 2 – Manuscript, Ƶ: A Guide to the State (2 of 4)
File 3 – Manuscript, Ƶ: A Guide to the State (3 of 4)
File 4 – Manuscript, Ƶ: A Guide to the State (4 of 4)
File 5 – Guide manuscript read by M.C. Blackmen, Little Rock, AR Aug. 30, 1924
File 6 – Guide manuscript read by M.C. Blackmen, Little Rock, AR Aug. 30, 1940
File 7 – Guide manuscript read by L.A. Henry, Little Rock, AR
File 8 – The Battle of Pea Ridge
File 9 – Census of manufacturers
File 10- Fact-book chronology 1539-1800
File 11- Ƶ festivals and foods
File 12- Health statistics
File 13- Ƶ highways (1 of 2)
File 14- Ƶ highways (2 of 2)
File 15- Ƶ highways newspaper clippings
File 16- Manuscripts regarding American Indians (1 of 3)
File 17- Manuscripts regarding American Indians (2 of 3)
File 18- Manuscripts regarding American Indians (3 of 3)
File 19- “Lexicon of Trade Jargon”: correspondence and Jargon lists
File 20- Miscellaneous and printed material
File 21- Ƶ Guide typescripts (1 of 4)
File 23- Ƶ Guide typescripts (2 of 4)
File 23- Ƶ Guide typescripts (3 of 4)
File 24- Ƶ Guide typescripts (4 of 4)
File 25- Engineers and engineering (1 of 2)
File 26- Engineers and engineering (2 of 2)
End of Box 1
Series II
Box 2
File 1 – Preliminary draft of Ƶ place names (1 of 2)
File 2 – Preliminary drafts of Ƶ place names (2 of 2)
File 3 – Materials regarding publicity for the Ƶ Guide (1 of 2)
File 4 – Materials regarding publicity for the Ƶ Guide (2 of 2)
File 5 – Ƶ recreation areas
File 6 – Research materials with copies of the Gazette and Democrat Newspapers stories on Homer M. Adkins gubernatorial inauguration Jan. 12, 1941
File 7 – Rivers: Mississippi River commission maps, reports, etc… (1 of 3)
File 8 – Rivers: Mississippi River commission maps, reports, etc… (2 of 3)
File 9 – Rivers: Mississippi River commission maps, reports, etc… (3 of 3)
File 10- Rivers: Steamboats and navigation
File 11- Rivers and streams
File 12- Steamboat days
File 13- Stories (1 of 2)
File 14- Stories (2 of 2)
File 15- Source material of factual data
File 16- Taxes
File 17- Tall tales
File 18- Theaters
File 19- Telephones
File 20- Trade and industrial territory (1 of 3)
File 21- Trade and industrial territory (2 of 3)
File 22- Trade and industrial territory (3 of 3)
File 23- Tourist: see highways, parks, and recreation in the <Country River File>
File 24- War Between the States
File 25- Cephas Washburn, Missionary to the Cherokees 1792-1860
File 26- Water analyses for the Trade Survey
File 27- Wild Life: Animals (see also Ƶ Game and Fish Commission)
File 28- Wild Life: Birds of Ƶ
File 29- Ƶ Wild Life column by Harold Whales
File 30- Ƶ Wild Life: Insects and Reptiles
File 31- William E. Woodruff (see newspaper)
File 32- Archibald Yell: newspaper clipping copy, and other references to his life and career
End of Box 2
Series II
Box 3
File 1 – Counties: Flora and Fauna (1 of 7)
File 2 – Counties: Flora and Fauna (2 of 7)
File 3 – Counties: Flora and Fauna (3 of 7)
File 4 – Counties: Flora and Fauna (4 of 7)
File 5 – Counties: Flora and Fauna (5 of 7)
File 6 – Counties: Flora and Fauna (6 of 7)
File 7 – Counties: Flora and Fauna (7 of 7)
File 8 – Counties: Health and social work (1 of 3)
File 9 – Counties: Health and social work (2 of 3)
File 10- Counties: Health and social work (3 of 3)
File 11- Counties: Folk customs and folklore (1 of 4)
File 12- Counties: Folk customs and folklore (2 of 4)
File 13- Counties: Folk customs and folklore (3 of 4)
File 14- Counties: Folk customs and folklore (4 of 4)
File 15- Counties: Geography, topography, and climate (1 of 4)
File 16- Counties: Geography, topography, and climate (2 of 4)
File 17- Counties: Geography, topography, and climate (3 of 4)
File 18- Counties: Geography, topography, and climate (4 of 4)
File 19- Permanent industries by counties
File 20- County data (1 of 3)
File 21- County data (2 of 3)
File 22- County data (3 of 3)
End of Box 3
End of Series II
End of Collection
