02979oam 22005294a 450 991095929930332120191111061317.09781496218025149621802797814962180011496218000(CKB)4100000009590055(MiAaPQ)EBC5945868(OCoLC)1129596743(MdBmJHUP)muse74848(Perlego)4521327(EXLCZ)99410000000959005520190308d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNebraska during the New DealThe Federal Writers' Project in the Cornhusker State /Marilyn Irvin HoltLincoln :University of Nebraska Press,[2019]Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2020©[2019]1 online resource (209 pages)9781496215666 1496215664 Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-164) and index.Putting writers to work -- Folklore and pioneers: the pamphlets -- Interviews and Narratives -- The guides and more -- The Nebraska Project and its legacy -- Appendix: Nebraska Workers, Federal Writers' Project.2020 Nebraska Book Award As a New Deal program, the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) aimed to put unemployed writers, teachers, and librarians to work. The contributors were to collect information, write essays, conduct interviews, and edit material with the goal of producing guidebooks in each of the then forty-eight states and U.S. territories. Project administrators hoped that these guides, known as the American Guide Series, would promote a national appreciation for America's history, culture, and diversity and preserve democracy at a time when militarism was on the rise andparts of the world were dominated by fascism. Marilyn Irvin Holtfocuses on the Nebraska project, which was one of the most prolific branches of the national program. Best remembered for its state guide and series of folklore and pioneer pamphlets, the project also produced town guides, published a volume on African Americans in Nebraska, and created an ethnic study of Italians in Omaha. In Nebraska during the New Deal Holt examines Nebraska's contribution tothe project, both in terms of its place within the national FWP as well as its operation in comparison to other state projects. FolkloreNebraskaNebraskaIntellectual life20th centuryNebraskaSocial life and customsNebraskaHistory, LocalElectronic books. Folklore808.0060782Holt Marilyn Irvin1949-1808267MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910959299303321Nebraska during the New Deal4358417UNINA