645. WORKS PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION FOLKLORE COLLECTION
ca. 6,500 items, 1930-40
Copies of the records kept by workers in the WPA Folklore project. Of
special interest are the ex-slave narratives and many interviews concerning
black folklore. Readers should consult the published guide to the
collection, An Annotated Listing of Folklore Collected
by Workers of the Virginia Writers' Project, Works Project
Administration: Held in the Manuscripts Department at Alderman Library
of the University of Virginia (Norwood Pa.: Norwood Editions,
1979), compiled and edited by Charles L. Perdue,
Jr., Thomas E. Barden, and Robert K. Phillips.
(Acc. 1547)
