LEADER 02979oam 22005294a 450 001 9910959299303321 005 20191111061317.0 010 $a9781496218025 010 $a1496218027 010 $a9781496218001 010 $a1496218000 035 $a(CKB)4100000009590055 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5945868 035 $a(OCoLC)1129596743 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse74848 035 $a(Perlego)4521327 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009590055 100 $a20190308d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNebraska during the New Deal$eThe Federal Writers' Project in the Cornhusker State /$fMarilyn Irvin Holt 210 1$aLincoln :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d[2019] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2020 210 4$dİ[2019] 215 $a1 online resource (209 pages) 311 08$a9781496215666 311 08$a1496215664 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 155-164) and index. 327 $aPutting 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. 330 8 $a2020 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. 606 $aFolklore$zNebraska 607 $aNebraska$xIntellectual life$z20th century 607 $aNebraska$xSocial life and customs 607 $aNebraska$xHistory, Local 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFolklore 676 $a808.0060782 700 $aHolt$b Marilyn Irvin$f1949-$01808267 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959299303321 996 $aNebraska during the New Deal$94358417 997 $aUNINA