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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 88 items) |
Abstract | Stetson Kennedy was an editor of folklore materials for the Florida office of the Federal Writers' Project and an author on folklore and on social problems in the South. The collection contains correspondence and other papers relating to the Florida office of the Federal Writers' Project. The correspondence, 1938-1939, chiefly regards the preparation of the Florida state guide for the Project, and includes letters exchanged by staff members Roland Phillips and Maxwell Hunter, editing the material in Washington, D.C., and Florida director Carita Doggett Corse (born 1892). Some of this correspondence specifically addresses race relations as it relates to the guide. Other letters provide information on additional Florida projects and administrative items. Also included are 33 life histories and narratives generated by the project, all pertaining to Florida, four of which concern Mulberry Grove Plantation. The life histories are arranged by author, and include Ruth D. Bolton, Gladys Buck, Elvira E. Burnell, Bertha R. Comstock, Paul Diggs, J. M. Johnson, Rose Shepherd, Lillian Stedman, and Portia Thorington. The unprocessed material contains correspondence and writings, 1938-1945, relating to Kennedy's work for the Federal Writers' Project as well as his later career, and materials, 1938-1978, relating to African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston. |
Creator | Kennedy, Stetson. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Finding aid updated for digitization by Kathryn Michaelis, August 2010; Updated by Adam Fielding and Jodi Berkowitz, March 2011
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Stetson Kennedy was a editor of folklore materials for the Florida office of the Federal Writers' Project and an author on folklore and on social problems in the South.
Back to TopThe collection contains correspondence and other papers relating to the Florida office of the Federal Writers' Project. The correspondence, 1938-1939, chiefly regards the preparation of the Florida state guide for the Project, and includes letters exchanged by staff members Roland Phillips and Maxwell Hunter, editing the material in Washington, D.C., and Florida director Carita Doggett Corse (born 1892). Some of this correspondence specifically addresses race relations as it relates to the guide. Other letters provide information on additional Florida projects and administrative items. Also included are 33 life histories and narratives generated by the project, all pertaining to Florida, four of which concern Mulberry Grove Plantation. The life histories are arranged by author, and include Ruth D. Bolton, Gladys Buck, Elvira E. Burnell, Bertha R. Comstock, Paul Diggs, J. M. Johnson, Rose Shepherd, Lillian Stedman, and Portia Thorington. The unprocessed material contains correspondence and writings, 1938-1945, relating to Kennedy's work for the Federal Writers' Project as well as his later career, and materials, 1938-1978, relating to African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Correspondence: October 1938 |
Folder 2 |
Correspondence: November-December 1938 |
Folder 3 |
Correspondence: 1939 and undated |
Folder 4 |
Life histories: B-C |
Folder 5-6
Folder 5Folder 6 |
Life histories: D |
Folder 7 |
Life histories: J |
Folder 8-9
Folder 8Folder 9 |
Life histories: S (through Shepherd) |
Folder 10 |
Life histories: S (Stedman) through T |
Folder 11 |
Life histories: unidentified authors |
Folder 12-14
Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14 |
Unprocessed materialsThis collection contains unprocessed materials are currently not available to researchers. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process. |