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W. T. Couch (1901), a white publisher and editor, was also a part-time official of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration, as assistant and associate director for North Carolina, 1936-1937, and as director for the southern region, 1938-1939. These papers include his correspondence relating to the project and narratives (called "life histories") of about 1,200 individuals, written by about 60 members of the project after one or more oral history interviews with the subjects. Persons interviewed, many of them African Americans, described life in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Works
03709_0133: Mayselle Sweat Green (another version)
Mayselle Sweat Green, circa 1917, no place given, white, cigar factory worker, Jacksonville, 20 February 1939
03709_0135: Pedro Barrios
Pedro Barrios, 1881, Cerro, Havana, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker, cigar factory reader, Ybor City, 1935. Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935
03709_0136: Dr. M. Santos
Dr. M Santos, 1888, Sagua la Grande, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker, optometrist, Ybor City, 1935. Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935
03709_0141: Fernando Lemos
Fernando Lemos, 1870, Havana, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 1935. Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935.
03709_0142: Domingo Ginesta
Domingo Ginesta, 1865, Havana, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 1935. Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935.
03709_0143: Fermin Souto
Fermin Souto, 1858, Ferrol de Galicia, Spain, Spanish, cigar-maker and secretary Spanish Club, Ybor City, 1935). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935.
03709_0144: My Opinion on the Autobiography Written by Mr. Cortina
Gerardo Cortina Pinera, 1912, Havana, Cuba, Cuban, unemployed cigar-factory reader, Ybor City, 1935. Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935.
03709_0148: Turnips Today, Turnips Tomorrow
George Carter, 1842, Virginia, Black, formerly enslaved, Savannah, 17 January 1939
Collaboration is restricted.
03709_0151: From around the World to a Georgia Farm
Ernest Gerber, circa 1883, Langnou, Switzerland, white farmer, Marietta, 25 February and 25 May 1939
03709_0152: From around the World to a Georgia Farm (another version)
Ernest Gerber, circa 1883, Langnou, Switzerland, white farmer, Marietta, 25 February and 25 May 1939