BIBLIOGRAPHY
Scholarly books and monographs
Alsberg, H.G. (Ed.). (1949). The American guide, a source book and complete travel guide for the United States. New York: Hastings House.
GV1024 .A197 1949
Blakely, G. (2005). Creating a Hoosier self-portrait : the Federal Writers’ Project in Indiana, 1935-1942. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press.
F525.2 .B57 2005
Bold, C. (1999). The WPA Guides: mapping America. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi.
E175.4 .B65 1999
Bold, C. (2006). Writers, plumbers, and anarchists : the WPA writers' project in Massachusetts. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.
F63.2 .B65 2006
Hirsch, J. (2003). Portrait of America: a cultural history of the Federal Writers' Project. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
E175.4.W9 H57
Hobson, A. (Ed.). (1985). Remembering America : a sampler of the WPA American guide series. New York: Columbia University Press.
E169 .R395 1985
Mangione, J. (1972). The Dream and the Deal: the Federal Writers' Project, 1935-1943. Boston: Little, Brown.
E175.4.W9 M3
Penkower, M.N. (1977). The Federal Writers’ Project; a study in Government patronage of the arts. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
PS228.F43 P4
Schindler-Carter, P. (1999). Vintage snapshots : the fabrication of a nation in the W.P.A. American guide series. New York: P. Lang.
E175.4 .S35 1999
Travelogues: Travel writers have mined the rich resources in the American Guides, listed are a few of the more accessible.
Heat Moon, W.L. (1991). PrairyErth : (a deep map). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
F687.C35 .H44
O’Gara, G. (1989). A Long Road Home: In the Footsteps of the WPA Writers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
E169 .O34 1989
Steinbeck, J. (1962).Travels with Charley; in search of America. New York:Viking Press.
E169 .S82
Catalogs and bibliographies
Brewer, J. (1994). The Federal Writers' Project a bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press
Z1247 .B74 1994
Brentano’s (Firm). (1940). Catalogue of the American guide series, and other Writers project publications. New York: Author.
ZZ6065 .ZB8c 1940
Findlay, J.A. & Bing, M.. (1998). The WPA : an exhibition of Works Progress Administration (WPA) literature and art from the collections of the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts : October 6-December 31, 1998. Fort Lauderdale, FL: Bienes Center for the Literary Arts.
Z1244.F56x 1998
Federal Writer’s Project. (1938). Catalog, American guide series, Federal writers' project. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.
ZZ6065 .A6Z 1938
Hofstra Library Associates. (1978). W.P.A. - The Writers Project : exhibition selected from the collection of Jen Yeh, November 8 to December 31, 1978, David Filderman Gallery, Hofstra Library. S.l.: Author.
ZZ6065 .A6Z 1978
Powell, E.K. (1974). WPA writers' publications : a complete bibliographic check list and price guide of items, major and minor, of the Federal Writers' Project and Program. Palm Beach, Fl.: Author.
Z1223.P69 1974
Selvaggio, M. S. (1990). American guide series : works by the Federal Writers’ Project. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Arthur Scharf/Schoyer’s Books.
ZZ6065 .ZS4a 1990
Writers Program (U.S.). (1942). Catalogue, WPA Writers’ program publications, the American guide series, the American life series, September 1941. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Z1236 .W75
Journal and newspaper articles
Brinkley, D. (2003, August 2). The depression project that gave rise to a new generation of novelists. The New York Times, p. B7.
Fox, D.M. (1961). The achievement of the Federal Writers' Project. American Quarterly, 13, 3-19.
Jacobs, C.F. (2001). Folk for whom? Tourist guidebooks, local color, and the spiritual churches of New Orleans. The Journal of American Folklore, 114, 309-330.
Larson, C. (1939). The cultural projects of the WPA. The Public Opinion Quarterly, 3, 491-496
Oman, A.H. (2001, November 28). Touring in the Thirties. The Washington Post, Weekend Section, p.1.
Stevens, H.A. (1941, June 15). Federal series nears completion after six years of joint enterprise. The New York Times, p. xx14.
Thompson, R. (1939, July 5). Books of the times. The New York Times, p. 15.
WPAccounting (1943, February 15). Time Magazine. Retrieved March 3, 2007 from: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,774311,00.html