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Descriptive Summary
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Related Material
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Description of Series
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A Guide to the Works Progress Administration Records:
Slave Narratives
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Creator: |
Works Progress
Administration. |
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Title: |
Works Progress
Administration Records: Slave Narratives |
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Abstract: |
The WPA Slave Narratives comprise over 200 narratives of
ex-slaves collected by the Works Progress Administration. Counties surveyed
include Coryell, Dallas, El Paso Ellis, Frio, Galveston, Harrison, Hill,
Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Kinney, McLennan, Medina, Navarro, Newton, Potter,
Tarrant, Travis, and Val Verde Counties. |
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Extent: |
2 ft., 4 in. |
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Laguage: |
Materials are written in
English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin |
The WPA Slave Narratives comprise over
200 narratives of ex-slaves collected by the Works Progress Administration.
Counties surveyed include Coryell, Dallas, El Paso Ellis, Frio, Galveston,
Harrison, Hill, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Kinney, McLennan, Medina, Navarro,
Newton, Potter, Tarrant, Travis, and Val Verde Counties.
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Organization |
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The slave narratives in this series of the
WPA Records are arranged by county, and each county is assigned to a district.
Within each district, individuals are alphabetized by surname. |
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Some of
the narratives originally included photographs, and these photos are now
located in a single box. |
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Slave Narratives, Works Progress
Administration Records, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
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Inventory |
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District 1: |
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A-Z: Harrison County |
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District 3: |
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A-W: Jasper County, Jefferson County, and Newton
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C-W: Dallas County |
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District 6: |
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A-W: Galveston County and Harris County |
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District 7: |
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A-P: Tarrant County |
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District 7: |
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R-Y: Tarrant County |
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District 8: |
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A-M: Coryell County, Ellis County, Hill County,
Johnson County, McLennan County, and Navarro County |
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| 4H361 |
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District 8: |
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N-Z: Coryell County, Ellis County, Hill County,
Johnson County, McLennan County, and Navarro County |
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District 9: |
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A-Z: Travis County |
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District 10: |
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A-Z: Kinney County |
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District 15: |
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A-Z: Frio County, Kinney County, Medina County, Val
Verde County |
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District 16: |
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A-Z: Potter County |
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District 20: |
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A-Z: El Paso County |
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Miscellaneous Interviews: |
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Abilene, TX; Bexar County; Bowie County; Brown
County; Brownwood, TX; Cherokee County; Coriscana, TX; Falls County; Houston,
TX; Nacogdoches County; San Angelo, TX; San Augustine County; Tyler, TX;
Wichita Falls, TX. |
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Photographs of individual former slaves |
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