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Manuscript material from the Bruce & Rachel Jeffer Collection of WPA/Federal Writers Project and related New Deal material
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Box 1, folder 1

The romance of iron and steel - unpublished typescript

Scope and Contents

A different version was published as The story of iron and steel.
Box 1, folder 2

Sketches for The romance of iron and steel

Box 1, folder 3

Timekeeping and payroll bulletins issued to Federal Works Agency, Works Project Administration of Huntington, West Virginia (1 of 2) 1940-1942

Box 1, folder 4

Timekeeping and payroll bulletins issued to Federal Works Agency, Works Project Administration of Huntington, West Virginia (2 of 2) 1940-1942

Box 1, folder 5

Seeing Tampa : a guide and handbook of information to the city and its suburbs - typescript 1937

Box 1, folder 6

Iowa WPA recreation bulletins 1941

Box 1, folder 7

Foreign language press in New York - unpublished typescript 1941

Box 2, folder 1

"Pockets" material borrowed from Library of Congress Project (1 of 2) 1937

Scope and Contents

Collection of unpublished essays from a projected national series. The material is written by various state units.
Box 2, folder 2

"Pockets" material borrowed from Library of Congress Project (2 of 2) 1937

Scope and Contents

Collection of unpublished essays from a projected national series. The material is written various state units.
Box 2, folder 3

Guide to the city of Milwaukee (1 of 3) 1939

Scope and Contents

Writers' files, with some essays and points of interest. Group into 35 chapter with routing (reader) slips attached for the sections. The work, edited for publication, was finally printed in 2016.
Box 2, folder 4

Guide to the city of Milwaukee (2 of 3) 1939

Box 2, folder 5

Guide to the city of Milwaukee (3 of 3) 1939

Box 2, folder 6

Life in early Huron, 1880-1886, number 1: the press

Box 2, folder 7

Life in early Huron, 1880-1886, number 3: religion and churches

Box 2, folder 8

Newspaper annals study, South Dakota Writers' Project 1940

Box 3, folder 1

California Literary Research Project: Biographies of California authors and indexes of California literature, volume one (1 of 2) 1942

Box 3, folder 2

California Literary Research Project: Biographies of California authors and indexes of California literature, volume one (2 of 2) 1942

Box 3, folder 3

Nebraska party platforms (1 of 2) 1940

Scope and Contents

Published as a report on Works Project Administration Official Project No. 665-81-3-19. Sponsored by the University of Nebraska, March, 1940.
Box 3, folder 4

Nebraska party platforms (2 of 2) 1940

Scope and Contents

Published as a report on Works Project Administration Official Project No. 665-81-3-19. Sponsored by the University of Nebraska, March, 1940.
Box 3, folder 5

Oklahoma statewide recreation program 1940

Scope and Contents

Four different typescripts: Social recreation in parks; Nature games; Halloween activities; and Sports and games.
Box 4, folder 1

San Francisco Theatre Project

Scope and Contents

Typescript of a work which appears to be a style manual for researchers on the San Francisco Theatre Project. The title page lists "Project editorial staff" including Lawrence Estavan, editor.
Box 4, folder 2

Activities and philosophies of recreation, New York City WPA Recreation Division 1940

Box 4, folder 3

Unpublished typescripts from the Federal Writers' Project of Massachusetts 1936-1939

Scope and Contents

Collection of 13 different typescripts of essays written by two Project writers: William C. McDonald and Wade Van Dore.
Box 4, folder 4

Scrapbook of poems collected while working on the Federal Writers' Project

Scope and Contents

The scrapbook was apparently assembled by a member of the Maine Project.
Box 4, folder 5

John G. Helbedel History of Gardner materials (1 of 5)

Box 5, folder 1

John G. Helbedel History of Gardner materials (2 of 5)

Box 5, folder 2

John G. Helbedel History of Gardner materials (2 of 5)

Box 5, folder 4

John G. Helbedel History of Gardner materials (4 of 5)

Box 5, folder 4

John G. Helbedel History of Gardner materials (5 of 5)

Box 6, folder 1

Firefighting: Portland, Oregon. John Carlos Neeley 1938

Box 6, folder 2

Oakland Federal Writers' Project: California place names: their meaning and origin 1938

Box 7

[Pennsylvania: costume plates] Asiatic costume plates

Scope and Contents

Includes Asiatic plate numbers 3, 5-7, and 9-16. The countries represented include Syria, Palestine, Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan, Russia Turkestan, Siberia and Nepal.
Box 8

[Pennsylvania: costume plates] Asiatic costume plates

Scope and Contents

Includes Asiatic plate numbers 18, 20, 21, 24-32. The countries and regions represented include: Burma, India, Siam, French Indo-China, Malay, and Sinkiang Chinese Turkestan.
Box 9

[Pennsylvania: costume plates] Asiatic costume plates

Scope and Contents

Includes Asiatic plate numbers 33-44, 46, and 48. The countries and regions represented include: Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria, China, Korea, and Japan.
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