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M88-09 – ARKANSAS WPA WRITERS PROJECT COLLECTION

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

 

Series I

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

 

 

Series II

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