Resources in the Dean B. Ellis Library
- A Long Road Home : in the Footsteps of the WPA Writers byCall Number: E169 .034 1990
- First-Person America byCall Number: E169 .F56
- Native Son (VHS) byCall Number: PN1995.9.N4 N37 1994
- Portrait of America : a Cultural History of the Federal Writers' Project byCall Number: E175.4.W9 H57 2003
- Posters of the WPA byCall Number: NC1807.U5 D46 1987
- Richard Wright : Critical Perspectives Past and Present byCall Number: PS3545.R815 Z816 1993
- The Federal Writers' Project ; a Study in Government Patronage of the Arts byCall Number: PS228.F43 P4
- The WPA and Federal Relief Policy byCall Number: HV95 .H6 1973
- The WPA Guide to 1930s Arkansas byCall Number: F411 .A773 1987
- The WPA Guide to 1930s Missouri byCall Number: F464.3 .M48 1986
- The WPA Guides : Mapping America byCall Number: E175.4 .B65 1999
Web Resources
- Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
- Voices from the Days of SlaveryRecorded interviews from the Library of Congress
